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No, it's not 'normal'. (thelemmy.club)

Cross-posted from "No, it's not 'normal'." by @DougHolland@lemmy.world in !aiop@lemmy.world


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[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

But if a bee is flying inside a ball and pushes against the side, what's causing the ball to move relative to the earth? None of the wind can escape, it's just air moving around inside the ball.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

When the bee bops into the wall of the ball, it transfers momentum to the ball. It’s no different from a hamster in a ball, just smaller.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 minutes ago

But the hamster is rolling the ball, not flying, so it can take advantage of friction with the ground times the normal force. If a flying bee hits the wall of the ball, then it's pushing back on air and the net momentum of the ball and its contents is unchanged.

I think the ball filled with bees would just fall to the ground.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 14 minutes ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago)

Sure but nobody said the ball could fly? It could definitely jump though, as well as roll around.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 minutes ago
[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 7 minutes ago* (last edited 7 minutes ago)

By a bee bopping into the top of the ball from below, assuming it was flying upward fast enough. The ball is sitting on the ground otherwise with no vertical momentum.

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