What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

by Randall Munroe

“Stand on the other side from where the physics is happening” is actually a good general rule for scientific equipment.

You can’t use lenses and mirrors to make something hotter than the surface of the light source itself.

“If you have a legal question that you’re not sure how to answer,” they told me, “talking to a lawyer is probably a good course of action.”