Whoa, this is heavy: brain equates weight with importance

Re:Whoa, this is heavy: brain equates weight with importance by nazgulnarsil on Thursday August 27, 2009 @11:27AM (#789369)

I've wondered about why we think dense objects are valuable and whether this is a large contributor to gold's historical use as money.

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Re:Whoa, this is heavy: brain equates weight with importance by bbuffone on Thursday August 27, 2009 @12:02PM (#789422)

Probably more - this rock is never going to kill that mamoth.

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Re:Whoa, this is heavy: brain equates weight with importance by ChillyWater on Thursday August 27, 2009 @03:11PM (#789814)

Heavy things cost more to ship, therefore as the relative weight of any given piece of equipment goes up, so does the price. And we all know that pricier things are better, right?

Unless you are talking about equipment for activities that actively value lightness (camping, rock climbing, hang-gliding).

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Re:Whoa, this is heavy: brain equates weight with importance by furyg3 on Friday August 28, 2009 @06:23AM (#791110)

laptoping

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