Drunken Scientific Discoveries

arknor · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:34

britboy4321 said:
Right .. here's my thinking.

Mass causes mavity.

So .. if theoretically there was a room right in the middle of the earth, you would NOT get crushed by the pressure. As the mass is all around you in approximate equal measure.

So for all those 'pressure would crush you' guys -- I disagree. I think you would be ripped apart onto the walls of the room, rather then crushed into a red bloody ball in the centre of it..

lol wut...

britboy4321 · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:36

arknor said:
lol wut...

The mass is below you. You get pulled down.

When the mass is all around you -- you get pulled in all directions!

PermaBanned · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:37

If you could survive you would accelerate for the first half of the tube and decelerate for the second part. You might have to curve the tube to compensate for being pulled towards the centre of the Earth, however.

Gammawolf · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:45

britboy4321 said:
Right .. here's my thinking.

Mass causes mavity.

So .. if theoretically there was a room right in the middle of the earth, you would NOT get crushed by the pressure. As the mass is all around you in approximate equal measure.

So for all those 'pressure would crush you' guys -- I disagree. I think you would be ripped apart onto the walls of the room, rather then crushed into a red bloody ball in the centre of it..

I thought the reason the earth was a solid core was because of the high pressure?

aardvark · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:45

you would be weightless in the center obviously.

britboy4321 · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:48

aardvark said:
you would be weightless in the center obviously.

But you've got mass all around you. You telling me none of that mass generates any mavity for some reason?

I'm sticking with my 'You'll get pulled apart in all different directions' hypothesis!

Tefal · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:48

Gammawolf said:
I thought the reason the earth was a solid core was because of the high pressure?

yes, but in this example you've dug that core out. (and the tube is lined with some very special super material that stops all the highly compressed matter around you just exploding into the tube and refilling it)

Mass causes mavity.

So in the centre there is very little mass (only the air) but you are sounded by half a planet of mass on every side, so the mavity from each side balances out and the net result is 0.

arknor · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:49

lets suround ourselfs with obese people and find out

aardvark · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:52

britboy4321 said:
But you've got mass all around you. You telling me none of that mass generates any mavity for some reason?

I'm sticking with my 'You'll get pulled apart in all different directions' hypothesis!

it all cancels each other out.

as for pulling you apart - the entire mavity of the earth is pulling you down at the moment and yet you aren't crushed - why do you think it will be higher somewhere else on/in the earth??

TheMightyTen · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:57

simulatorman said:
You might even get Jules Verne to give you his autograph.

I got that when I built myself a submersible vehicle and traveled down to a depth of 19,999.87 leagues, the damn fool kept spouting French lingo at me by god :mad:

britboy4321 · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:58

aardvark said:
it all cancels each other out.

as for pulling you apart - the entire mavity of the earth is pulling you down at the moment and yet you aren't crushed - why do you think it will be higher somewhere else on/in the earth??

Oh yea.

Inquizitor · 6 Jun 2011 at 13:02

britboy4321 said:
But you've got mass all around you. You telling me none of that mass generates any mavity for some reason?

I'm sticking with my 'You'll get pulled apart in all different directions' hypothesis!

Why are you not crushed to death on the surface of the Earth then, since there's a much greater mass in one direction than if you were at the centre where there's an even amount of mass around you?

When in the middle of the Earth the mavity affects all molecules of your body from all directions. The side of the wall closest to your left arm isn't going to ONLY pull your left arm towards it. It'll also pull your right arm towards it. And, conversely, the right wall will pull your left arm, resulting in a net pulling of precisely zero.

britboy4321 · 6 Jun 2011 at 13:07

Inquizitor said:
Why are you not crushed to death on the surface of the Earth then, since there's a much greater mass in one direction than if you were at the centre where there's an even amount of mass around you?

When in the middle of the Earth the mavity affects all molecules of your body from all directions. The side of the wall closest to your left arm isn't going to ONLY pull your left arm towards it. It'll also pull your right arm towards it. And, conversely, the right wall will pull your left arm, resulting in a net pulling of precisely zero.

Fair enough. I concede!

Gaygle · 6 Jun 2011 at 13:13

So that means that at the centre of the earth, there would in effect...be no mavity. Hence weightless?

Amleto · 6 Jun 2011 at 13:38

Gaygle said:
So that means that at the centre of the earth, there would in effect...be no mavity. Hence weightless?

yes

Scarecrow · 6 Jun 2011 at 13:50

LOL i always thought of this

Danfoss2011 · 6 Jun 2011 at 13:51

Am i being thick but didnt some group drill all the way through once?

Tefal · 6 Jun 2011 at 13:52

Danfoss2011 said:
Am i being thick but didnt some group drill all the way through once?

Dj_Jestar · 6 Jun 2011 at 13:54

You'd sit at the center of the Earth and shout "Ha, I told you the world revolves around me!"

Liampope · 6 Jun 2011 at 13:54

Danfoss2011 said:
Am i being thick but didnt some group drill all the way through once?

Maybe not being thick, but certainly mistaking crap sci-fi movies for reality