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Re: human tower
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:04 pm
by Magni
Average Human Height: 170 cm
Population of the Earth: 6,793,509,011
(6,793,509,011)*(170cm) = 11,548,965,318.7 meters
Which also equals:
- 454,683,674,000 inches
- 113,670,918,000 hands
- 37,890,306,200 feet
- 25,260,204,100 cubits
- 2,296,382,190 rods
- 57,409,554.8 furlongs
- 7,176,194.35 miles
- 2,078,647.47 leagues
- 0.0771999981 astronomical units
- 00000122075267 light years
- 0.000000374276153 parsecs
Re: human tower
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:22 pm
by Noobert
It wouldn't happen unless you managed to evenly balance out the bottom weight of all of the above.
Re: human tower
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:19 pm
by xXxsephirothxXx
Yeah you gota point out the fact that it wont be 1 person ontop of the other? so Magni's (6,793,509,011)*(170cm) = 11,548,965,318.7 meters is totes wrong...
wonder how many people wouldbe on the base
Re: human tower
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:58 am
by Noobert
I 'imagine' it would have to be a butt load because you have to also take into account that some people are over weight.
Re: human tower
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:40 pm
by Magni
moses of romania wrote:how tall would the human tower be if every one on the planet stood on eachothers shoulders ?
I think for this little thought experiment, we're assuming that everyone can perfectly balance on each other, one on top of another.
Re: human tower
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:50 pm
by Byrnes
Noobert wrote:I 'imagine' it would have to be a butt load because you have to also take into account that some people are over weight.
Most people are over weight hahah