Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!MJackson.Wbst@PARC-MAXC.ARPA From: MJackson.Wbst@PARC-MAXC.ARPA Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Evidence for the soul?!? - (nf) Message-ID: <15639@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Jan-84 09:57:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.15639 Posted: Tue Jan 17 09:57:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Jan-84 04:51:38 EST Lines: 28 OOPS! I misread the message header in my haste; the moisture -> density argument was made by David Alpern in a message TO you. Very sorry. Mark ------------------- Received: from SRI-UNIX.ARPA by PARC-MAXC.ARPA; 17 JAN 84 00:48:35 PST Redistributed: XeroxPhysics^.pa Received: from Rand-Relay.arpa by sri-unix.arpa with TCP; 16 Jan 84 18:42-PST Date: Mon, 16 Jan 84 12:34:25 PST From: David Alpern Return-Path: Subject: Re: Evidence for the soul?!? - (nf) To: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) Cc: physics@Sri-Unix.ARPA In-Reply-To: Your Message of Mon, 16 Jan 84 4:35:36 EST Via: IBM-SJ; 16 Jan 84 15:44-PST So how do you explain the fact that a toy balloon weighs more when inflated than when deflated? The moisture in the breath used to inflate the balloon is usually much greater than the relative humidity in the surrounding air. And since water is heavier than air... -------------------