• BugFinder@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I bet you would have discovered gravity first if only the apple fell on your head instead of pesky Newton

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      11 months ago

      I don’t think that’s a brag.

      Assuming they did what I did, they saw it and went ‘no fucking idea’ and visualised the wheel rotating and counting the rotations seen.

      The smart people stuff is the trying to do the radius shit.

      • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Correct, I wouldn’t have tried to apply a math equation, I would mentally roll it and count to get the answer. Nothing impressive about that.