I reckon
a shiny sphere that's as shiny as a shiny flat thing will look just as shiny.

Tell you what, let's set up an experiment. One that involves the risk of potential blindness, though we'll hide that from the ethics commitee. We can probably get away with a relatively small sample size since its a low level visual study but we can use a non-parametric test in addition to means analysis. I recommend a two-alternative forced choice procedure in conjunction with a staircase method to give us a threshold estimate of shininess. I also recommend poking particpants in the eye with a stick if they don't give me the results I want.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 15:51, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

steady on
I'm not going to be able to get out from under my desk!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 15:53, Reply)

I have you down for the 9am slot.
Bring goggles.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 15:53, Reply)

*swoons*

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 15:54, Reply)

Hmmm, perhaps "smooth" instead of "flat".
One eye at a time, or should we make the study double-blind?

*ashames*
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 16:01, Reply)

BOOM BOOM!
I didn't see that coming.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 16:14, Reply)

Oh hush.
If I hadn't said it Vipros would have, and then he'd have been all smug about it.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 16:32, Reply)

I wouldn't
I'm not a scientist, I'm an engineer. I don't know about experiments.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 16:47, Reply)