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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?

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What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago
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    You’d miss.

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      Arguably you don’t, considering your matter will likely undergo a fusion reaction with what could nominally be called the ball, you and the ball will make a form of contact

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        So … hit by pitch?

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          That is indeed what Randal concludes in the video

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    Die.

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    Die very quickly.

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      You, the pitcher, catcher, umpire, both teams, everyone in the ballpark, and most of the people in the city.

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    to think all the money and effort we’ve wasted trying to create fusion in a lab when what we really needed was a really, really, really good pitcher

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    The batter would be eligible to move to first base.

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