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baffle(verb) Be a mystery or bewildering to. Synonyms: dumbfound, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, amaze, stupefy, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, getUsage: An apple tree producing square fruit would undoubtedly baffle experts.
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"An apple tree producing square fruit would undoubtedly baffle experts."
Conversely, square fruit producing apple trees would probably not, especially if the trees were square.
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What about baffled square experts, though?
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Given the amount of cash Monsanto are throwing at GMO it won't be long...
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Since 'square' is a two-dimensional description, it would certainly baffle geometricians who are used to three-dimensional apples!
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thar wrote:Since 'square' is a two-dimensional description, it would certainly baffle geometricians who are used to three-dimensional apples! Yes but if a two-dimensional apple had hit Newton's head he might have discovered length contraction and derived matter-energy equivalence. Of course the infinite momentum of an apple at c might have killed him before that (if not the nuclear explosion). I defer on this matter to the experts: [image not available]
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"Billions and billions of them! Square, er, cubical apples, that is."
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I thought Apple didn't believe in cubicals.
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