🪨 The Rock Hard Fundation 🪨

🔬 Our Scientific Reaserch 🔬

Here you can read all the reaserch the Rock Hard Fundation has done. All experiments was done by me (Steinar) unless it says something else. I have tried to be as scientific as posible but it is hard with out funding. Please do not copy my reaserch with out asking first.

Equipment used: kitchen scale, my phone (for timer), a thermometer (from the medicine cabinet), notebook, Bluetooth speaker, 1 pair of oven mittens.

Test subjects: Kevin (main stone, from Nordnes), Bjørn (medium stone, from Fløyen), and a control stone with no name (see Experiment 4).

picture of Kevin (the stone)
Kevin, our main reaserch stone. Picture is not loading sorry I will fix it

Experiment 1: The Squishyness Test (2019)

Hypotesis: Stones are squishy untill they are touched.

Method: I poked Kevin with my finger.

Result: Kevin was hard.

Conclusion: This proves the hypotesis. Kevin was hard because I touched him, which means he was squishy before I touched him. I did the experiment 5 more times and got the same result every time, so the result is very reliable.

Experiment 2: Do Stones Have Feelings? (2019)

Method: I played a very sad song (Someone Like You by Adele) for Kevin on my Bluetooth speaker. Then I left him on the balcony over night.

Result: The next morning Kevin was completly wet.

Conclusion: Kevin was crying. Stones have feelings. (It might have rained a bit that night but I dont think that has anything to do with it because Bjørn was inside and he was dry, which makes sense because he did not listen to the song.)

Experiment 3: Stress And Weight (2020)

Method: I weighed Kevin on the kitchen scale. Then I said some mean things to him for 5 minuts (I apologised after). Then I weighed him again.

Before insults	After insults	Difference
412 g	409 g	-3 g

Conclusion: Kevin lost 3 grams from stress. Stones can lose weight from bullying.
(Note: the first time I weighed him there was a bowl on the scale. I took the bowl off before the second time. I dont think the bowl weighs that much.)

Experiment 4: Control Group (2020)

A real scientist on Facebook told me I need a "control group" so I found a control stone in the parking lot to compare with Kevin.

Result: My nephew threw the control stone in to the sea on day 2.

Conclusion: The control stone is gone so all the results for Kevin are now automaticly correct because there is nothing to compare with.

Experiment 5: Stone Cold Emotions (2021)

Method: I put Bjørn in the freezer for 24 hours and then measured his temprature with the thermometer.

Result: Bjørn was -18 degrees.

Conclusion: This confirms that stones are "stone cold" in there emotions, which is why it is so hard to do reaserch on them. Bjørn has not been the same since.

Experiment 6: Freindship Test (2021)

Method: I held Kevin in my hand for 10 minuts while I told him about my day. Then I checked his temprature.

Result: Kevin was warm.

Conclusion: Kevin is warming up to me. We are freinds now. This is also why I am allowed to hold him in the video.

Experiment 7: Can Stones Keep A Secret? (2022)

Method: I whispered a secret to Kevin. One week later I asked 5 people if they knew the secret.

Result: Nobody knew the secret.

Conclusion: Stones are 100% loyal and can be trusted with secrets. This is more then you can say for most people.

Experiment 8: Hair Study (2022)

Method: I compared a stone from Nygårdsparken with Kevin, who lives on my kitchen windowsill.

Stone	Lives	Hair?	Happy?
Park stone	Outside	Yes (alot)	Yes
Kevin	Inside	No	Yes (because of me)

Conclusion: Stones that live outside grow hair because they are cold and lonely. Kevin does not need hair because he has me.

Experiment 9: Public Opinion Survey (2023)

Method: I asked people "Do you think stones have feelings?"

People asked: my mom, my dad, my nephew, my neighbour, a guy at the bus stop, and Kevin.

Answer	Votes	Chart
Yes	4
No	2

Notes: My mom said "if you say so Steinar" which I counted as yes. Kevin did not answer but I know what he thinks so I counted it as yes. The guy at the bus stop walked away which I counted as yes because he did not say no.

Conclusion: 67% of the population beleive stones have feelings.

Experiment 10: Getting To Know The Marble (2024) NEW!

Background: I saw a documentary on TV about a famous sculptor who works at a resturant. He said that before you can understand a stone you have to "concentrate and visualize". He was clearly a expert so I copied his method exactly.

Test subject: Marius, a block of marble (actualy a kitchen countertop sample from Obs Bygg, but marble is marble).

Method: I followed the 6 steps from the documentary:

Step	What I did	Time	Notes
1	Embrace the marble	20 min	Marius was cold at first but got warmer (see Experiment 6)
2	Sniff the marble	5 min	Smelled like Obs Bygg
3	Lick the marble	2 min	Tasted like a stone. Very important data
4	Wash the marble	15 min	Used dish soap. Marius seemed to like it
5	Date the marble	2 hours	Took Marius to Peppes Pizza. The waiter asked if I was waiting for someone. I said no he is already here
6	Be the marble	3 hours	Lay completly still on the living room floor. My roommate stepped on me (now I know how they feel!!)

Result: After step 6 I had seen the stone within. Then I hit Marius very gently with a hammer to let the inner stone out, like in the documentary.

Marius broke in to 14 pieces.

Conclusion: Marius was not ready. In the documentary it worked on the first try so I must have done one of the steps wrong (probably the date, we did not have much in common). Marius is now technicaly gravel which is why I dont talk about gravel. This was the hardest experiment I have ever done emotionaly and I will not be repeating it.

Rest in peace Marius 2024-2024

Summary Of All Reaserch

Stones are squishy ✅ (proven)
Stones have feelings ✅ (proven)
Stones can cry ✅ (proven)
Stones lose weight from stress ✅ (proven)
Stones can be freinds ✅ (proven)
Stones keep secrets ✅ (proven)
Stones need to be dated before they open up ✅ (proven, but it went wrong)
Gravel ❓ (to sad to study)

Peer Review

All reaserch on this page has been peer reviewed by my mom. She said it was "very interesting" and "maybe you should talk to someone". I sent it to the University of Bergen in 2023 but they have not replied yet, I think they are still reading it.

Sources

Me
Kevin
Wikipedia (the page about rocks, I only read the first part)
Bergen Student TV (the video on the home page)
My uncle who works with asphalt
The sculpture documentary on TV (I think it was on Nickelodeon)

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