rmp2000v21

whats blasmamous? hasn't this all become rather coloUrful.

i suspect that i do have bones, but for the sake of being devil's advocate: surely you can think of something else which might be there instead of bones which avoids me being a meaty jelly? bone shaped metal for instance?

perhaps we could all put faith in the assumption that you are in most respects the "same" as the rest of us (human), and you could cut yourself up then tell us what you find and we'll assume we're the same?

I kind of agree with demosthenes on this one, his quesion is kinda related. how do you know you have any skeleton whatsoever when you have never seen any part of it? ok, everyone else may have one, but why does that mean that it is 100% certain that you do? everyone is different right.

nothing like a good intellectual debate. it's fantastic that simply stating that something which seems obvious might not be true has caused so many people, who claim that they don't actually care about the question, to respond! surely scientists can think in realms other than the logic which they see in front of them??? A great philosopher once said "Imagination is more important than knowledge...", oh, no that was Albert Einstein...

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), The Bacchae, circa 407 B.C.

This is a little puzzling, its based on a thing i read in a book the other day. If you think about it, you don't have a head. what see in the mirror and what other people see is light reflections, and what you can feel as your head are merely sensory stimuli. So, how can you prove that you do actually have a head?

so roughly how long do you think it would take the crisps to kill you? a month? sounds like a bad way to go to me... EDIT: is there one single food that you could just eat and survive? it has to be a single item, not a meal, like pasta, but not spaghetti bolognaise. Or bread, but not a sandwich. Those two are probably bad choices anyway.

Is scurvy the only way this crisp diet would kill you?? Are there any more ways that it can muck you up?

good choice, the vinegar would help. i'm changing my choice to Salt and vinegar Disco's.

I think we've established that the overall result is death. However, how could you put off the inevitable for the longest time, whilst only eating crisps? one bag a day? If you could only pick one flavour/style, what would it be? I'd choose steak McCoys. (bearing in mind that you will be eating only this type for the rest of your life)

Anyone know?

I know i said physical effects, but i think one should consider the social effects too - awkward situations such as a meal at a friends house where you have to refuse the food on account of your crisp diet, not to mention the constant noise pollution of your chewing. On another note, are there particular flavours which should be avoided if following this diet - i hear prawn cocktail is pumped with bad additives? If you were on the diet, what would the recommended daily intake be (in 25g bags), in order to maximise survival but minismise scurvy? Interesting...

I am just wondering what any scientists think would happen to you if all you ate was potato chips (aka crisps in the UK). You are allowed to drink water, but the only food you can eat is crisps. Apart from the obvious effect of getting bored of eating crisps, what physical effects would it have??? This is a genuine question! Cheers, RMP