OK in a a king wanted a potion that would melt anything it touched and would hang any liars. A jester died trying to fool the king but now let's throw this out there ...
A REALLY smart alchemist does create such a potion and very carefully brings it to the king. The king again says, "hang him" but the alchemist says, "but it is true and you can test it". So the king, being the smart king he is, says, "break off a small piece of the container and drop it into the potion. The alchemist carefully breaks off a small chip of the container from the top lip, drops it in and sure enough it melts away.
So how did the alchemist do it, by it I mean contain this potion that melts everything away. Assume the potion really does melt everything away and that there is NO magic (except maybe the potion itself).
I have one answer but I'm sure I will hear lots of other possible answers ...
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OK in a a king wanted a potion that would melt anything it touched and would hang any liars. A jester died trying to fool the king but now let's throw this out there ...
A REALLY smart alchemist does create such a potion and very carefully brings it to the king. The king again says, "hang him" but the alchemist says, "but it is true and you can test it". So the king, being the smart king he is, says, "break off a small piece of the container and drop it into the potion. The alchemist carefully breaks off a small chip of the container from the top lip, drops it in and sure enough it melts away.
So how did the alchemist do it, by it I mean contain this potion that melts everything away. Assume the potion really does melt everything away and that there is NO magic (except maybe the potion itself).
I have one answer but I'm sure I will hear lots of other possible answers ...
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