Comment on How hard/fast would a baseball have to go to completely pass through a pitcher? Like leave a hole through flesh?

• MBech@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I have an idea. We take the richest person in the world, and gradually shoot them with faster and faster baseballs until we have an answer. If, by unlucky circumstances, the person should perish, we take the next richest person.

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Great idea! Using real people would just be cruel.

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  • criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What if the previous wounds affect the next shot? You’d need a control with the 2nd richest to confirm the target speed with a fresh impact still does it.

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    • Fluke@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m ok with this.

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• Successful_Try543@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  As long as their dimensions are identical, the actual force of a cannonball or a baseball hitting a body isn’t dramatically different, as it’s determined how much force the body can withstand until it’s penetrated. – By measuring the initial velocity and the velocity of the ball leaving the body after penetration, you can calculate the energy required to punch a hole through thad body.

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