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The Harsh Truth About Human Design

Biology Evolution Medicine Science

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The Harsh Truth About Human Design

Behold, the magnificent human body at "peak performance" – essentially just a glorified tube with some fancy holes! Evolution spent billions of years crafting us, and this is what we got: a cylindrical meat vessel where food goes in one end, air goes in another, and waste products find their way out somewhere else. Next time you're feeling superior to other species, remember you're basically just an elaborate donut with anxiety and student loans. Nature's engineering at its... well, let's call it "functional."

But Without Air Resistance

Physics Academia Science

1 year ago 24.9K views 0 shares

But Without Air Resistance

The infamous "assume a frictionless surface" strikes again! Physics textbooks love creating these bizarrely simplified scenarios where basic laws of nature just... don't apply. Sure, let's ignore air resistance, friction, and apparently gravity's selective application while we're at it. The person in the cart gets normal physics, but the poor soul hanging below? Nope, they're just dangling in theoretical physics purgatory. This is exactly why students think physics is disconnected from reality. Next problem: "Calculate the velocity of this wagon assuming the pool is filled with inviscid fluid and the child is a perfect sphere."