applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.message-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up189
arrow-up189message-squareIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-22 months agoThat is a weird way of saying “Humans are bigger than birds,” even then though, I think on average the ostrich will win. Edit: I missed the flying part, but still.
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoAnd you missed the part about conserving mass. A bird that can fly, with the mass of a human, would be much bigger than a human (cause birds have very thin, hollow bones).
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoYou seem to be describing density (d = m/v). Preserving mass doesn’t really mean anything in this context without a discussion of volume.
minus-squareapplebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agowhy would you assume density would be conserved? all I said was mass so the density would absolutely be variable.
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago why would you assume density would be conserved? I didn’t. I pointed out that the person I replied was not describing mass.
That is a weird way of saying “Humans are bigger than birds,” even then though, I think on average the ostrich will win.
Edit: I missed the flying part, but still.
And you missed the part about conserving mass. A bird that can fly, with the mass of a human, would be much bigger than a human (cause birds have very thin, hollow bones).
You seem to be describing density (d = m/v). Preserving mass doesn’t really mean anything in this context without a discussion of volume.
why would you assume density would be conserved? all I said was mass so the density would absolutely be variable.
I didn’t. I pointed out that the person I replied was not describing mass.