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The Effect of Liquid Nitrogen on Intelligence
We guessed that setting off an entropy bomb, so to speak, would get somebody's attention like shining a light in a dark room and remove your world. So I had 1000 aluminum balls, a ball bearing house,. Well, they're a half-inch diameter. We did three liters of liquid nitrogen. And as a liquid, when it goes from liquid to gas, that's an increase in entropy. Now we had to be very careful. With lots of caveats, the bottom line is that people did significantly better when she poured liquid nitrogen at the site than when she didn't.