Carl-Richard

No.

It's not consistent with the implicit rule of the direction of the force of gravity relative to the tilt of the glass: Since the rules only apply after it's turned upside down, you'll always end up in this configuration /=\↓, and therefore the water will always fall out from the glass.

Let's say we have a normal-sized cup with some liquid water in it (it's about half-full). \=/ Then we turn it upside down: /=\ (Force of gravity always points this way:↓) How would you prevent the liquid water from exiting the cup? Here are some rules: 1. You can't move or tilt the cup. 2. You can't change the shape or the material of the cup. 3. You can't use anything else than the cup itself. 4. The liquid has to be water at room temperature and you can't change the amount of liquid (constant volume). 5. The cup has to be stationary (not accelerating). 6. You can't change the laws of nature (gravity and physical forces apply). 7. The rules only apply after the cup has been turned upside down. If nobody gets it, I will start giving out hints. Good luck!

I regret making any rules at all

Practice a lot.

Slight modifications of known substances only decreases the probability of things going wrong. Things can still go wrong. Take thalidomide for instance. The (R)-(+)-enantiomer produces sedation while the (S)-(−)-enantiomer produces severe birth defects.

Does your therapist know this?

It's still pretty crazy to test unknown chemicals on yourself, no matter how you go about it. Not all harmful effects are immediately experienced. For example, how do you know that something is neurotoxic before it's too late?

The biggest Norwegian athlete in recent times, Petter Northug, got caught speeding with cocaine in his system soon after retiring. It's not very surprising. It's hard to top being best in the world.

I already gave the answer earlier . I would say Tim R came pretty close.

That goes for solving anything, but I tried to minimize that factor (which is never successful). Yes.... but you see, now I just have to make another rule The rules are kinda corrupted anyway because I didn't anticipate people to start talking about space. I cba adjusting the rules to fit with relativistic mechanics (1. I'm not qualified, and 2. nobody will understand ).

It's technically breaking rule #3 because you're manipulating air molecules, but kudos for being subtle about it

“Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.” - Bruce Lee

I'll add that I stopped doing drugs 3 years ago

Awake? Maybe. Persistent non-symbolic awareness? Nah. That stuff is mindblowing.

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We're talking about the geographical area commonly referred to as "inside". You're talking about the surface of the material itself.

The water is inside the cup. Turn it upside down and start the experiment.

What?

@Tim R Hehe yup. It's probably impossible to make a fool proof riddle like this. It's way too complex Yes. I never specified that the size of the humans had to be constant ?

Ok. Make the cup infinitely large. The water will need an infinite amount of time to exit the glass. Tada! ? Silly isn't it? ? I'm probably not consistent with my own rules anymore, but hey, it was fun

... lol I didn't mean to say that you're allowed two cups. That was to illustrate the point that a glass shaped like this \=/ will retain its shape no matter how large it is.

No. Size is not shape. You can have two different sized objects with the same shape.

Ok go to space then ? Let's stick to earth though (or a place with an uniform gravitional field where a person is standing on the ground and holding the glass in his hand).

Let me just tease you a little bit first. You need to think very big. Go big or go home