alt Hacker NewsDissolve the whole heap in water? Or should I read the article to learn this isn’t a physics question ;-) ?
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defrost • today at 12:56 AM
So close, it was in fact a philosophy question ..
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sorites-paradox/
"How many grains of sand change a heap of salt into a pile of manure"
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Yeah, I think that's the right answer. Dissolve it in water and run it through a smallish filter. Other impurities in the salt can clog the filter sometimes.