I gather he’s a fakir; those guys seem to think physics is some sort of mass hallucination.
Physics does not believe in fakirs.
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That is a honey badger train - it just doesn’t give a shit.
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The foreshortened perspective certainly adds to the sense of drama, since it’s harder for us to judge what the distances really are.
Not saying this isn’t impressive! Just wondering how the medium could be manipulated to enhance the impression we get.
e.g., could you have a slow-moving train and slow-moving bystanders, and later the gif is speeded up a bit?
From personal experience, those trains do move exactly that fast in such situations; I think it’s running at normal speed. Perspective may be a bit distorted though…
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In fairness, his behavior suggests that he may actually be almost dense enough to stop the train purely through good, honest, inertia. Not quite dense enough to try, though, which is just as well for all involved.
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