pengvado comments on Procedural Knowledge Gaps - Less Wrong

126 Post author: Alicorn 08 February 2011 03:17AM

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Comment author: pengvado 09 February 2011 12:58:38AM 2 points [-]

The pot itself can't get hotter than boiling either, as long as there's a bunch of water in it. (This, btw, is how rice cookers detect when the rice is done.)

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 09 February 2011 03:23:25AM 0 points [-]

The inside of the pot can't get significantly hotter than ... right, he water just turns gas phase more rapidly.