Why Malcolm Gladwell Matters and Why That's Unfortunate

Re:Why Malcolm Gladwell Matters and Why That's Unfortunate by beambot on Monday October 07, 2013 @09:33PM (#6512455)

Water does boil at 80 deg-C... depending on pressure (see its phase diagram). Of course "normal conditions" is the hedge. It's still useful to think about other facets of the "truth." Critical thinking is, indeed, the key.

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Re:Why Malcolm Gladwell Matters and Why That's Unfortunate by r00fus on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @02:08AM (#6513328)

Where do you expect to find humans at significantly high elevations like say, the peak of Mt Logan, BC, Canada (which is ~6km or 19k ft above sea level, where water does indeed boil at 80 deg C)?

I certainly wouldn't call that normal. Noone lives at those altitudes.

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Re:Why Malcolm Gladwell Matters and Why That's Unfortunate by beambot on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @03:06AM (#6513446)

It's normal when you work in a physics or chemistry lab using vacuum chambers.

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