Quora question: Did Richard Muller ever meet Richard Feynman?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around a Quora question regarding whether Richard Muller ever met Richard Feynman, sparked by a humorous anecdote shared by Muller about gravity. The scope includes humor related to physics and the implications of gravity in various contexts.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • Prof Richard Muller provided a humorous answer involving gravity and its lethal potential.
  • Some participants suggest various ways gravity has caused fatalities, including tsunamis, landslides, and earthquakes.
  • Others mention specific scenarios such as falling off cliffs or taking selfies that could lead to accidents related to gravity.
  • A participant humorously notes that it is not the fall that kills but the non-uniform deceleration at the end.
  • One participant introduces a theoretical perspective, suggesting the Pauli Exclusion principle could be related to the discussion.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the humorous nature of the discussion regarding gravity's dangers, but there are multiple competing views on the various ways gravity can be fatal, and the conversation remains light-hearted and exploratory without a definitive conclusion.

Contextual Notes

The discussion relies on humor and anecdotal references, with no formal resolution or consensus on the implications of gravity as discussed.

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I can think of other ways gravity has killed people, but that one is surely creative.
 
Yeah, that was my thought too like tsunamis, landslides, avalanches, earthquakes, lquifaction, meteors ...
 
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falling off cliffs, ...
 
taking selfies or jumping?
 
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BillTre said:
falling off cliffs, ...
As we all know, it is not the fall that kills you. It is the non-uniform deceleration at the end.
 
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one could say its due to the Pauli Exclusion principle.
 
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