Random Philosophical Question

[THUNDER HANDS]

If something is under water, is it wet, or is something only wet when it comes out of the water?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. 42. (nt)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

8. That's the secret of the universe, not the answer to wetness!

:)

[Az]

11. Actually

Thats the answer to the question of life the universe and everything. We still don't know what the freaking question is.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

15. Thanks Zaphod, I forgot!!! I'd shake your hands but you're stuck inside

my computer's monitor!

[Az]

17. Wait, I think its coming to me

What is...... 6 X 9 ...... !? 42?!

[FarmerOak]

2. The wetness is a matter of the mind.

There is no wet.
There is no dry.
There is only harmony and disharmony.
We achieve the balance when we stop seeking the right answers, and meditate only on asking the right questions.
We seek truth, but we lie to ourselves.
We void where prohibited.
Ask the water, "are you wet?"

The water does not answer. What can be inferred?

[kmla]

3. I dunno. I would guess yes, it is wet. Let me ask you this, though.

If you are traveling the speed of light and you stick your arm out of the window with a flashlight, point the flashlight forward, and turn it on, does anything come out?

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. does the flashlight have batteries in it?

[kmla]

12. Yes, it does have batteries in it.

Weisenheimer. :D

[neoteric lefty]

16. no (from my limited understanding)

as you speed up towards the speed of light, time begins to slow down (relative to our "normal" time; 1 day to you may be 1 year to us). So, theoretically, if you went the speed of light (you would turn into pure energy, I think, but lets disregard that) time would stand still and the light would travel the speed of light. So therefore, the batteries wouldn't work making your whole question completely worthless. You wasted the classes time, now. Are you happy?!? :)

Just kidding about the last part :)

[Az]

4. Particle man Particle man

When he's under water does he get wet

or does the water get him instead

Nobody knows

Particle man

Seriously though, this is a question about an abstract construct. Its answer depends on the rules we devise. So it has no real answer other than what we decide it to be.

[flowomo]

5. Perhaps this will shed some light: "The wet bird never flies at night"

There was a comedian many years back who used to tell the story of the man who clawed his way to the top of the mystic mountain in Tibet to ask the wise man, "What is the meaning of life?" He was told, "The wet bird never flies at night." "The wet bird never flies at night?" the pilgrim responded incredulously. "The wet bird does fly at night?" the wise man asked uncertainly. There is wisdom in the story. The "meaning of life" is a most significant issue, but it is equally elusive.

[flowomo]

7. Deeper still: is it "whet your appetite" or "wet your appetite"???

[DU_widow]

9. i think if you're wet, you're wet...

[dolo amber]

10. Here's one...

If a man is talking in the forest, and no woman is around to hear him...is he still wrong?

:D

edit: Stereotypes are bad, m'kay?

[GOPisEvil]

13. Splunge.

[liberalitch]

14. Being and becoming....

in water becoming
emerging from water being