Yea, to you and me - but these guys are all professors who don't think like
that. You could also say if he was wider than the hole as that direction is not
effected he couldn't get down anyway. I must admit my favourite idea was the if
he just went down enough to trip over the far edge - just imagine the traffic
accident!
David Cragg
Ron Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
David Cragg wrote:
> Did you mention manholes? Now we are in the world of relativity
> which asks that (and forgive the non-PC) ... If someone leaves a
> manhole cover off and a fat man running at near the speed of light
> passes over the hole would his reduction in size due to relativistic
> effects cause him to fall down the hole. The 'fat man problem' worked
> for me at college as just a mention and our tutor would talk of
> nothing else leaving us students nod off.
>
> I am fat so I can say the F word!...David Cragg
Surely if he is going so fast then the momentum will prevent him falling
anyway... ;-)
Ron Jones
Process Safety & Development Specialist
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