Why is it that when you put water to boil and you look at it, it doesn't boil?!


Question: It boils in the same amount of time.It's just that if your standing there watching, it seems as if time is going slow.If you occupie yourself with something else, it wouldn't seem so long at all. As a matter of fact, you may even forget about it being there.


Answers: It boils in the same amount of time.It's just that if your standing there watching, it seems as if time is going slow.If you occupie yourself with something else, it wouldn't seem so long at all. As a matter of fact, you may even forget about it being there.

That's what they say. I never try to watch it until it boils.

Paranoia.

It does too boil.

when your waiting for time to pass and waiting for things to happen it takes forever. when you want time to slow down like when your having a good time it passes quickly (you're not waiting for anything)

haha my mom says a wached pot never boils!!


no but seriously, its mind over matter. if you say it will oil, it will boil. but if our like, omg this is taking forever!! it wont boild until you lleave.

that's so funny that you say that. my boyfriend gets mad at me when i stand in front of the stove. he says, "let it be"
i just had to say that but i don't have an answer for you. lol

Because you are making it so self conscious that it can't boil ;)

it will.. just put some salt in tha water it helps make faster

I honestly think looking at water does not prevent it from boiling faster; it is more a matter of a sense of time, if you are watching, it seems time goes by more slowly and if you're not watching it boils when you least expect it to. Find something to do while you put your water to boil and you'll find the whole exercise less stressful.

i dont know, but it boils faster when you put on the top for the pot.

yes , mom always said a watched pot never boils. but some salt a little olive oil and a lid help it to boil faster.

Provide enough heat, and the water will boil whether you watch or not.

It will boil faster if you put a lid on the pot.

A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS





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