lb of fat wieghs the same as lb of muscle

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  • preslyann50
    preslyann50 Posts: 114 Member
    You know what they mean so why start a thread just to be an *kitten*? Oh the internet.. making people feel tough for years
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    We really need AZackery to come clear all of this up for us.
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    But they would both float - so your experiment fails at producing a conclusive result

    Holy crap did someone just suggest a rock would float? >.> I mean... in theory kinda depends what the rock was made of and its density... but COME ON! ><

    A rock *would* float....on liquid mercury :)


    ...though, I did think he was referencing the two pieces of paper.
  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    Well this horse has been sufficiently beaten.

    NO! There must be no remains left or else they'll catch us!!!
  • whiteheaddg
    whiteheaddg Posts: 325 Member

    I've heard this before. Therefore, try the same experiment in a body of water. Drop in a lb of feathers and a lb of rocks. The rocks sink. Therefore, heavier. That is TWO experiments proving a lb of rocks is heavier.

    ok. If people don't love science and don't want to read anyone else discussing science, please hide me. I LOVE science and I am going to geek out to my own heart's little content.

    I see what you are saying here, that the rock falls faster than the feathers. Anyone who played around as a child on a beach throwing things should know this is in fact true. 1 lb of rock will fall faster than 1 lb of feathers. For those who don't agree, here is a little experiment: take out two identical peices of paper. They weigh the same. Make one into a ball and hold the other perpendicular to the ground and drop them. Which hits first? Now they WEIGH the same. But there are other factors at play, such a surface area, air resistance, and terminal velocity. They weigh the same. But their interaction with gravity, space, and the resistance of air on their surface area will be different.

    I'm a genuine science geek.

    I do organic chemistry for fun.

    I also love philosophy and weight lifting.

    :)
    But they would both float - so your experiment fails

    So they're both witches?
    Exactly! The Idle-Cleese method is infallible at producing conclusive results. Much better than some pseudo-scientist going on about "surface tension".
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Which burns faster, a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?
  • DarthH8
    DarthH8 Posts: 298 Member
    1 tablespoon of sugar = .8742 lbs of fat
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    Exactly! The Idle-Cleese method is infallible at producing conclusive results. Much better than some pseudo-scientist going on about "surface tension".

    Ouch. Judgmental much? I actually have science degrees and actually know what I'm talking about. You science hater!

    ps. John Cleese is a visiting professor at the University I got one of my science degrees from :tongue:
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    1 tablespoon of sugar = .8742 lbs of fat

    Which one sinks faster in the ocean?
  • GretchenReine
    GretchenReine Posts: 1,374 Member
    I love reading through and finding the posts where people are seriously debating what is actually meant! Keep at it...it's entertaining!
  • WestCoastPhoenix
    WestCoastPhoenix Posts: 802 Member
    Which burns faster, a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?

    A pound of weed, around me :smokin:
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    You know what they mean so why start a thread just to be an *kitten*? Oh the internet.. making people feel tough for years

    yOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT...

    (dagnabbit...capslock left over from another thread...)

    You really believe that OP started this to feel like a tough guy?

    I'm not saying his motives were entirely pure, but I'm reasonably certain it wasn't to feel like a tough guy. Your comment may have its place, but this thread is not it.
  • WestCoastPhoenix
    WestCoastPhoenix Posts: 802 Member
    Exactly! The Idle-Cleese method is infallible at producing conclusive results. Much better than some pseudo-scientist going on about "surface tension".

    Ouch. Judgmental much? I actually have science degrees and actually know what I'm talking about. You science hater!

    ps. John Cleese is a visiting professor at the University I got one of my science degrees from :tongue:
    Bless your book smart, internet dumb heart.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    I love reading through and finding the posts where people are seriously debating what is actually meant! Keep at it...it's entertaining!

    Are there some people that are NOT seriously debating it?
  • whiteheaddg
    whiteheaddg Posts: 325 Member
    Which burns faster, a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?
    Now you're talking SCIENCE! This is yet a third experiment that proves a lb of rocks is heavier than a lb of feathers. Heavy objects won't burn - rocks, metal, femurs, etc. Light objects will - feathers, paper (bundled up or flat), hair, etc.
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    Exactly! The Idle-Cleese method is infallible at producing conclusive results. Much better than some pseudo-scientist going on about "surface tension".

    Ouch. Judgmental much? I actually have science degrees and actually know what I'm talking about. You science hater!

    ps. John Cleese is a visiting professor at the University I got one of my science degrees from :tongue:
    Bless your book smart, internet dumb heart.

    I've never understood the motives of trolls. It's true.

    p.s. I did take offense to being called a pseudo-scientist. I worked hard for those degrees and i'll pay for them until i die.
  • AGOEMAN
    AGOEMAN Posts: 2
    I don't think you're saying it correctly. I've never heard anyone say "1lb muscle weighs more than 1lb of fat." What they say is, simply, muscle weighs more than fat. And it does. Also, it's denser...so you can actually be a smaller size - and same weight - if you lose fat and replace it with muscle.
  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    This thread is getting replies faster than Mitt Romney's Facebook page is losing likes! BAM!
  • DarthH8
    DarthH8 Posts: 298 Member
    1 tablespoon of sugar = .8742 lbs of fat

    Which one sinks faster in the ocean?

    Trick question. They wont sink unless you combine them. Sugafat, it's super dense like dark matter. But .00001 grams of it = 15 lbs of muscle. It's not legal tho thats why the stores don't have it.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Which burns faster, a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?
    Now you're talking SCIENCE! This is yet a third experiment that proves a lb of rocks is heavier than a lb of feathers. Heavy objects won't burn - rocks, metal, femurs, etc. Light objects will - feathers, paper (bundled up or flat), hair, etc.

    Ergo fat weighs more than muscle because fat is found in oils and oil is used to make gasoline which burns. Muscle is used to make meat which should only be seared and not completely burned.

    Also - I read "femur" as "lemur". Lemurs are relatively light and they will also burn. Another proof that feathers are lighter than rocks and fat is heavier than muscle.
  • whiteheaddg
    whiteheaddg Posts: 325 Member
    Exactly! The Idle-Cleese method is infallible at producing conclusive results. Much better than some pseudo-scientist going on about "surface tension".

    Ouch. Judgmental much? I actually have science degrees and actually know what I'm talking about. You science hater!

    ps. John Cleese is a visiting professor at the University I got one of my science degrees from :tongue:
    Bless your book smart, internet dumb heart.

    I've never understood the motives of trolls. It's true.

    p.s. I did take offense to being called a pseudo-scientist. I worked hard for those degrees and i'll pay for them until i die.
    My apologies to the person who received their science degree from John Cleese.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    1 tablespoon of sugar = .8742 lbs of fat

    Which one sinks faster in the ocean?

    Trick question. They wont sink unless you combine them. Sugafat, it's super dense like dark matter. But .00001 grams of it = 15 lbs of muscle. It's not legal tho thats why the stores don't have it.

    Hey, man, where can I score some?
  • WestCoastPhoenix
    WestCoastPhoenix Posts: 802 Member
    I don't think you're saying it correctly. I've never heard anyone say "1lb muscle weighs more than 1lb of fat." What they say is, simply, muscle weighs more than fat.

    You're saying it wrong, too.

    Muscle weighs more than fat....*drum roll please* BY VOLUME.

    *turns off the lights and tells everyone to go home*
  • dare2love81
    dare2love81 Posts: 928 Member
    My momma said alligators are ornery 'cause they got all dem teeth and no toothbrush.

    Win.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    I don't think you're saying it correctly. I've never heard anyone say "1lb muscle weighs more than 1lb of fat." What they say is, simply, muscle weighs more than fat.

    You're saying it wrong, too.

    Muscle weighs more than fat....*drum roll please* BY VOLUME.

    *turns off the lights and tells everyone to go home*

    I thought this thread was about feathers and rocket bricks.
  • whiteheaddg
    whiteheaddg Posts: 325 Member
    Which burns faster, a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?
    Now you're talking SCIENCE! This is yet a third experiment that proves a lb of rocks is heavier than a lb of feathers. Heavy objects won't burn - rocks, metal, femurs, etc. Light objects will - feathers, paper (bundled up or flat), hair, etc.

    Ergo fat weighs more than muscle because fat is found in oils and oil is used to make gasoline which burns. Muscle is used to make meat which should only be seared and not completely burned.

    Also - I read "femur" as "lemur". Lemurs are relatively light and they will also burn. Another proof that feathers are lighter than rocks and fat is heavier than muscle.
    No no no. The lb of muscle is heavier using the burn test - fat goes up like a roman candle and, therefore, lies somewhere on the periodic table next to feathers, paper, and lemurs.
  • WestCoastPhoenix
    WestCoastPhoenix Posts: 802 Member
    I don't think you're saying it correctly. I've never heard anyone say "1lb muscle weighs more than 1lb of fat." What they say is, simply, muscle weighs more than fat.

    You're saying it wrong, too.

    Muscle weighs more than fat....*drum roll please* BY VOLUME.

    *turns off the lights and tells everyone to go home*

    I thought this thread was about feathers and rocket bricks.
    I was trying to derail the subject. :blushing:
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    Darn. This was fun when we actually talked about interesting things.

    To the guy who said he apologizes for where I got my degree:

    John Cleese was a visiting professor at only one of the top universities in this country. It's more of an honor than an actual professorship. Other professors from my univeristy: Carl Sagan and Nabokov. You are a rather unintelligent person who apparently likes to be rude on the forums. Reminds me why participation in these forums always goes to ****.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Which burns faster, a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?
    Now you're talking SCIENCE! This is yet a third experiment that proves a lb of rocks is heavier than a lb of feathers. Heavy objects won't burn - rocks, metal, femurs, etc. Light objects will - feathers, paper (bundled up or flat), hair, etc.

    Ergo fat weighs more than muscle because fat is found in oils and oil is used to make gasoline which burns. Muscle is used to make meat which should only be seared and not completely burned.

    Also - I read "femur" as "lemur". Lemurs are relatively light and they will also burn. Another proof that feathers are lighter than rocks and fat is heavier than muscle.
    No no no. The lb of muscle is heavier using the burn test - fat goes up like a roman candle and, therefore, lies somewhere on the periodic table next to feathers, paper, and lemurs.

    *kitten*! I effed up and got it backwards. Well, I didn't get my degree from John Cleese so........
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Shemp Howard was a professor at the school where I got my Lemur Burning degree.

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