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Re:UFOs invading military airspace multiple times a month, b... by mkl on Thursday May 02, 2019 @08:13AM (#19806996)
I don't mind being wrong (I like learning!), and "winning" is not my goal here. I don't believe that I'm moving goal posts or being childish, and so it seems like we're inadvertently talking past each other.

I believe your core point is that humans can't detect a force which acts identically on their whole body. Have I understood? This statement is true, of course, but does not seem relevant in context, as it seems to ignore all but the one sentence you quoted, which itself is true in its own context. I don't consider Pyxl101's ignoring of magical-seeming hypothetical technology to be misleading.

Pyxl101's comment [1], which you replied to, is all about practical technology. In that context, your comment seems like an irrelevant technicality (I think this is why you got downvoted), as no practical mode of transport can move someone without physical contact, which transfers force unevenly (just to the parts of the body in contact with the vehicle).

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19805808

Re:UFOs invading military airspace multiple times a month, b... by narag on Thursday May 02, 2019 @11:18AM (#19808755)
I believe your core point is that humans can't detect a force which acts identically on their whole body.

More than "detect", a uniform force simply doesn't affect us.

This statement is true, of course, but does not seem relevant in context...

On the contrary, the thread was started discussing if we could be facing a far superior technology, continued by Pyxl101 speculating UFOs could be drones because enormous accelerations prevent manned ships, and then I pointed that, if it's really a futurist technology, acceleration in itself could not be a problem.

... no practical mode of transport can move someone without physical contact

The "practical" thing has been inserted by yourself. Also it's not about "practical" it's about "known by us".