applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.message-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down17
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·7 days agoYou seem to be describing density (d = m/v). Preserving mass doesn’t really mean anything in this context without a discussion of volume.
minus-squareapplebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 days agowhy would you assume density would be conserved? all I said was mass so the density would absolutely be variable.
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 days ago why would you assume density would be conserved? I didn’t. I pointed out that the person I replied was not describing mass.
You seem to be describing density (d = m/v). Preserving mass doesn’t really mean anything in this context without a discussion of volume.
why would you assume density would be conserved? all I said was mass so the density would absolutely be variable.
I didn’t. I pointed out that the person I replied was not describing mass.