Not -quite- as risky as Russian physicist Anatoli Bugorski who put his head into a high-energy proton beam in 1978.
Title is a misnomer, at no point was his life at risk because the ball never had enough energy to reach him on the swing back… Which of course was the point of the demonstration.
If he’d given it a little push away, not just dropped it, (as he mentioned) it might have had enough energy left to bump him in the face. Probably not fatal though… exercise left for the student.
He really over-dramatised it, too.
And sends inappropriate messages to children who come to learn from him…
Thank you for my reminder to block at least 1 Lemmy idiot each day
I think I should implement this policy.
Study the science behind the action and explain it and test it before putting your face in the line?
Physics works, and I’m still alive.
That does sound about accurate to life.
Alright now what happens if this happens in a vacuum?
The same thing, except the little bit of air resistance that stopped it slightly lower wouldn’t be present.
