Quora question: Did Richard Muller ever meet Richard Feynman?

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Richard Muller humorously addressed the question of whether he ever met Richard Feynman, referencing a creative anecdote about gravity's lethal potential. The discussion highlights various ways gravity can lead to fatal incidents, including tsunamis, landslides, and falling from heights. Additionally, the conversation touches on the scientific principle that it is not the fall itself that is fatal, but rather the abrupt stop, which can be linked to the Pauli Exclusion Principle.

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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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