What is Buttered Cat Paradox?
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The Buttered cat paradox is based on the tongue-in-cheek combination of two adages:
1. If you drop a buttered piece of toast it will fall on the floor butter-side down.
2. If a cat is dropped from a window or other high and towering place, it will land on its feet.
But what if you attach a buttered piece of bread, butter-side up to a cat's back and toss them both out the window? Will the cat land on its feet? Or will the butter splat on the ground?
The Laws of Butterology demand that the butter must hit the ground, and the equally strict Laws of Feline Aerodynamics demand that the cat can not smash its furry back. If the combined construct were to land, nature would have no way to resolve this paradox. Therefore it simply does not fall.
In other words, we have the makings of antigravity. A buttered cat will, when released, quickly move to a height where the forces of cat-twisting and butter repulsion are in equilibrium. This equilibrium point can be modified by scraping off some of the butter, providing lift, or removing some of the cat's limbs, allowing descent.
The Buttered Cat Paradox:
Cat + Buttered Toast + rope = Antigravity.
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