Q: A tablespoon of oil should be enough to coat the surface of a skillet. Alternatively, you could coat the surface with cooking spray. After coating the skillet, set your burner to high heat and get your pan hot. When the oil becomes very thin and hot, add rice to the skillet. You'll need to be able to observe individual grains, so don't add too much rice. If you're testing a sample of plastic rice beads, heat them in a separate skillet. Plastic will begin to melt after a couple of minutes on the hot skillet. Look closely, and if there are any plastic grains, you'll be able to see them start to change shape and liquefy. If you're testing samples side by side, you'll have no problem seeing the plastic rice beads contract and melt. Melting plastic also has a distinct smell, which you'll also detect if you're testing a sample of plastic rice beads.
A: Coat a skillet with oil and heat it on the stove. Cover the skillet with a single, thin layer of rice. Check for grains that contract and melt.

Article: Philosophy requires one to rigorously and critically examine life and the world in its totality. To do this, one must be free of prejudice, ignorance, and dogma. The Philosopher is one who dwells in reflection and observation: they take every experience and seeks to understand it, even if doing so requires one to be brutally honest. This requires one to cast off the preconceived notions that one may have accepted in the past and subject all of one's beliefs to critical scrutiny. No belief or source of ideas is immune, regardless of its origin, authority, or emotional power. To think philosophically, one must think for one's self. Philosophers do not simply form opinions and chat idly. Philosophers, instead, develop arguments, based on premises that can and will be challenged by other philosophers. The goal of philosophical thinking is not to be right, it is to ask good questions and seek understanding. Hundreds of years of philosophical thinking came before your own examinations of the world and, learning about the ideas of other philosophers will raise new ideas, questions, and problems to think about. The more philosophy you can read, the better a philosopher you can become. Few tasks are more important to the philosopher than reading. Professor of philosophy Anthony Grayling described reading as a duty of "extreme intellectual importance," and suggests reading literary works in the morning and philosophical works later in the day. Read the classics. Some of the most enduring and powerful philosophical ideas in Western philosophy come from long-philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus,Hume, Descartes, and Kant, and today's philosophers recommend familiarizing yourself with their important works. In Eastern philosophy, the ideas of Lao-Tse, Confucius, and Buddha have been equally enduring, and deserve attention from any budding philosopher. At the same time, if you start reading something by one of these thinkers and it isn't stimulating to you, don't be afraid to set it aside and pick up something else that you find more compelling. You can always come back to it later. Pursuing a bachelor's degree in philosophy is a good way to structure these studies, but many great philosophers were also self-taught. Balance your copious reading with self-investigative writing: where reading broadens your perspective of the world, your writing will give you depth of understanding. Start writing down your reflections on the philosophical texts you are reading right away. Spend time thinking about the world, what it means to live, to die, to exist, and what the point of it is. These topics lead to big, unanswered, often unanswerable questions, questions only philosophers, young children, and other highly curious individuals have the imagination and courage to ask. More "practical" topics, like those derived from the social sciences (e.g. political science or sociology), the arts, and even the physical sciences (e.g. biology and physics) can also provide fodder for philosophical thinking. While developing your critical thinking, you should take part in any debate you can. This will increase your ability to think freely and critically. Indeed, many philosophers see the vigorous exchange of ideas as an important path toward truth. The goal here is not to win a contest, but to learn and develop your thinking skills. There will always be someone who knows something better than you, and arrogance will hinder your ability to learn from them. Keep an open mind. Keep your arguments sound and logical. The conclusions should follow from the premises, and the premises should have evidence backing them. Weigh the actual evidence, and avoid being swayed solely due to repetition or ignorance. Practicing the construction and criticism of arguments is crucial to any developing philosopher.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Question everything. Read philosophy. Think big. Engage in debate.

Q: The oil needs to dry completely before you can use your tracing paper. This may take up to 24 hours, but if you don't want to wait as long you can use a hair dryer to speed up the drying process. Once the paper dries completely, your tracing paper will be ready to use! Sunlight will help the paper dry more quickly, so put your tracing paper by a window.
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Allow your paper to dry overnight.