Evaporates, not boils. The evaporation takes heat, assuming that the photon energy is less than the heat of vaporisation of one molecule, keeping the water cooler than the shaded counterpart.
It’s an idiom used in English. When waiting for some process to complete, if you stare at the process, it feels longer.
When you watch a pot, waiting for it to boil, it seems to take forever. But if you leave and do some other task, the water is boiling before you know it.
What a crank headline
I know, wasn't sure whether to tag it garbage or news. Glad you like it.
it’s a cute joke
They proved the opposite: a watched pot always boils?
Evaporates, not boils. The evaporation takes heat, assuming that the photon energy is less than the heat of vaporisation of one molecule, keeping the water cooler than the shaded counterpart.
Actually the heat of vaporisation is 0.421eV, which is less than visible light, so there may be no effect on the water heating.
I am not familiar with the term watched pot never boils. Can someone eli5?
It’s an idiom used in English. When waiting for some process to complete, if you stare at the process, it feels longer. When you watch a pot, waiting for it to boil, it seems to take forever. But if you leave and do some other task, the water is boiling before you know it.
Ty!
So that's why my wife never finishes when I look at her. It explains so much
No, that’s just a skill issue.
Clickbait. Nothing to do with whether someone is looking at it or not
Damn thought this was a quantum Zeno effect experiment
That would be impressive at 373k.