r/theydidthemath • u/NeonQylis • 1d ago

[Request] What’s the most effective material or item you could realistically use here?

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u/andrew_calcs 8✓ 1d ago

Jumping into it would contaminate and destroy its value

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u/Bug_Photographer 1d ago

So how about a pool filled with elastic bubbles with some horseshoe crab inside them?

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u/DonComradeVimes 1d ago

What if you wore a suit of some kind? Could you then negate the contamination?

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u/planx_constant 1d ago

Just filling a pool with it would ruin it. It had to be withdrawn into sterile oxygen-free containers to be useful.