• John_McMurray@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Here’s where it gets political. I learned about shot towers in passing years ago and thought that was a good idea. You learned about shot towers in passing, but then with a detailed explanation, still thought that was ridiculous. One of us is prone to rational thought and the other is not. This is a 17th century conversation happening now.

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        9 months ago

        Ah no, it’s just that from reading this, I imagined it being poured outside, not inside the tower.

        Like, someone looking at Galileo doing his experiments dropping weights off Pisa tower, and saying:

        — What if we put a bucket underneath? What a splash it’d make!

        And another one going:

        — Yeah! And why just weights, let’s throw molten lead off! What safety concerns? Haven’t heard any