Just something I thought of after seeing Shlup's thread.
Even if you could dig through to the other side of the world, and assuming the molten core wouldn't incinerate you, would you really be able to go through to the other side? Think of it this way: gravity holds us to the ground, and down farther as we go. But once you get to the center, would gravity neutralize/reverse so you don't go in either direction? I don't get it.
Discuss, that is, if your minds haven't shortcircuited from thinking about it.
very good analitical point here, but actually i thought of this long before you, so technically i win.
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But did you POST it? No? So technically you lose.Originally Posted by Agrias
I think the pressure would kill you or something.
i lose again
and yea that or the immense heat would just melt you.
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Like I said, assuming that it was possible and you wouldn't get fried...
I didn't say heat, I said pressure.
Asking if you can do something if you negate all the affects of reality doesn't really get you a real answer.Like I said, assuming that it was possible and you wouldn't get fried...
I think she meant gravity would crush you. Like the gravity you're facing from your side, and then the gravity of the other side colliding?
I don't know, I guess, this gives me a headache.
I've discussed this somewhere.
basically, you're right, PeePs (How do I shorten your name?). At the center of the earth, the force of gravity would hold you still.
If you're careful, you will be able to live in a state ot gravitational paralysis of sorts. If you're not careful, you will make like an empty soda can underneath a high downward velocity boot crossed with an accordion.
No matter how you think of it, journeying through the center of the earth will kill you - one way or another.
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Aw it's a baseball. ^_^
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I thought the centre of the Earth was full of dinosaurs and 12-foot tall humans?
there was a picture here
My head hurts.
It's not as simple as just considering the Earth, sadly. Whilst technically being at the Earth's center of mass would mean you experience no gravity, there are also matters of momentum and the gravitational influences of other space objects to consider. I'm reasonably sure there is no place within the Earth where gravity, or the illusion thereof provided by the... I don't know whether it's centrifugal or centripetal force... is entirely nulled.
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