applebusch (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.message-squaremessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up189
arrow-up189message-squareIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.applebusch (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square52linkfedilink
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoAnd you missed the part about conserving mass. A bird that can fly, with the mass of a human, would be much bigger than a human (cause birds have very thin, hollow bones).
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoYou seem to be describing density (d = m/v). Preserving mass doesn’t really mean anything in this context without a discussion of volume.
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minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months ago why would you assume density would be conserved? I didn’t. I pointed out that the person I replied was not describing mass.
And you missed the part about conserving mass. A bird that can fly, with the mass of a human, would be much bigger than a human (cause birds have very thin, hollow bones).
You seem to be describing density (d = m/v). Preserving mass doesn’t really mean anything in this context without a discussion of volume.
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I didn’t. I pointed out that the person I replied was not describing mass.