Re-Upload - A musing (not to be confused with 'amusing')

For reasons beyond my control, YouTube in its infinite wisdom, only processed two minutes last time round which explains the confusion in the comments! And I thought you lot were just trying to sidetrack giving your answers.... hehehe

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[andymooseman]

I reckon that if it was a salmon, the tank would still have weighed 100kgs. Because the salmon would have jumped out ;)

[BradThunder]

@andymooseman I like your (lateral) reasoning! Thinking outside the box - or tank as it may be.

[TheMouthonWheels]

I have no answer, I just want you to know that a little bit of my brain died watching this. Haha

[BradThunder]

@TheMouthonWheels Funny, that happens to a lot of people when they watch my videos!

[zunipus]

The classic example of twisted human reasoning is the paradox of Achilles running a race, as imagined by the Greek stoic philosopher Xeno (or Zeno) of Elea. It has been told different ways, but here is one fanciful version, using a workaround of YouTube's ban on URLs:

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[katekosior]

I was super excited to see a new video from you and then I sat and listened to it and I thought, "Jeez, maybe I'm dumb! I have no idea!" :-D But my guess is it would weigh 101 kg. The fish isn't suspended above, it's suspended within, so wouldn't its mass be inclusive in the total? Unless the tank was empty and the fish was somehow floating in the air inside the tank, I think it is displacing 1kg of water by its own mass, thus adding to--oh, who am I kidding? 101, final answer :-D Hi Gary!

[deepinthewoods]

The fish plus air is less dense than water so it floats, but its still 1kg and isnt defying gravity - if you dropped the whole lot from a 10th storey window the fish would hit the pavement with a slurpy splat at much the same time as the splash and crash from the rest. Your scales are actually measuring the downward force in response to gravity and will read 101kg if accurate.

[Blinkazoid]

In spite of any reasoning to the contrary I'll still go with it weighing 101 kg. My brain hurts too much at the moment to provide any scientific explanation however.

Hmmm, I wonder where a bunch of Kilograms would go to die??? A mass grave I suppose:)

[CoZzMiX]

it all depends how much the fish had etan B4 entering the tank!

[TheMouthonWheels]

@BradThunder LOL that's just cos you were too damn smart for me :).

[CombatOasis]

Well, those are interesting questions, Gary. With things like that, I take the extremes: I imagine a huge heavy fish vs a tiny finsh and consider the differences. In your scenario I'm inclined to think it would be increased to 101 based on reading through some other comments, too. Would be interesting to hear what you figured out or you thought. Was that a lake behind you around 3:30? Great video, again, and looking forward to the next one! -Jim