How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?

Re:How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth? by shagie on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:23AM (#36600113)

There was an article in Playboy many years ago that I read (and the search results in that domain are now far too polluted - and yes, I did read the articles) that basically said "either you're going to need a lot of velcro or assistants.

The problem being that every action has an equal and opposite reaction makes certain activities more likely to result in new force vectors which in turn results in velocity that may lead to bumping into things you'd rather not bump while trying to bump uglies.

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Re:How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth? by wongarsu on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:52AM (#36600485)

On the other hand, my impression was that they do have a lot of velcro on the ISS, or places to strap yourself to in general.

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Re:How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth? by lesuorac on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @10:16AM (#36600803)

If the two of you are weightless in the middle of a room shouldn't you remain in the middle of the room so long as you don't throw anything?

Like if you wiggle your arms you won't start to swim through space so as long as your bodies are wiggling then you also shouldn't start to swim? As long as you kick your shoes after before not during it seems to me that there shouldn't be an issue.

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Re:How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth? by shagie on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @10:25AM (#36600906)

You're working on a one body problem there. This is a two body problem where some force applied will cause a transfer of momentum from one body to another. Without something to tether the two bodies together, it is quite likely they'll move apart.

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Re:How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth? by qingcharles on Friday July 07, 2023 @12:09PM (#36633845)

The 3-Body Problem: A new movie adaption by PornHub.

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