applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.message-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up189
arrow-up189message-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 · 1 month agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month 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-up4·1 month agowhy would you assume density would be conserved? all I said was mass so the density would absolutely be variable.
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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.