Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Can serve
The Berkeley balcony collapse is mainly one of those regrettable tragedies that happen because of human imperfection. But it can serve as an argument for real-world math.
13 drunks standing on a WOODEN CANTILEVERED balcony is guaranteed disaster. You don't need to know about Certified Load Capacity or any of that crap. Just look at the way it's made, and have a feel for how things work. When you know how things work you don't need details.
13 * 180 = 2340 pounds. That's a car.
Would you put a dancing car on a structure like that? Fifty feet up?
I know that I wouldn't have stepped out there when I was young and drunk. Second floor balcony, maybe. I knew from experience that I could safely jump or fall 8 feet. But fifth floor balcony, absolutely not.
These kids were undoubtedly busy learning the fine details of infinitely delusional evil insanity, like Climate "Science" Theory and Multiverse Theory and Critical Queer Theory. Too bad they didn't learn a little bit about good old reality.
I know that I wouldn't have stepped out there when I was young and drunk. Second floor balcony, maybe. I knew from experience that I could safely jump or fall 8 feet. But fifth floor balcony, absolutely not.
These kids were undoubtedly busy learning the fine details of infinitely delusional evil insanity, like Climate "Science" Theory and Multiverse Theory and Critical Queer Theory. Too bad they didn't learn a little bit about good old reality.Labels: Experiential education, Real World Math
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