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Pressure at that depth is about 5800 psi. Imagine 3 ton, 1 cubic inch cubes being dropped on every square inch of your body from every side all at once and you'
by alangibson 3y ago
Pressure at that depth is about 5800 psi. Imagine 3 ton, 1 cubic inch cubes being dropped on every square inch of your body from every side all at once and you'll have your answer.
- rich_sasha 3y agoHmm, but human body is mostly solids and liquids, not very compressible. Their lungs and airways, sure, would be compressed to nothing, but what of the rest of their bodies? Eg I'd imagine the poor souls on the Titanic next door are not crushed by the pressure, for the same reason. Or with scuba diving, deep scuba is complicated and dangerous for many reasons, but the pressure compressing the body is not one of them.
- 2-718-281-828 3y agoi'd assume the air forced into various cavities (especially the skull) would send shock waves into neighbouring tissue ripping everything apart upon surge of pressure. also probably lots of turbulence creating shearing forces also ripping everything apart. so, everybody ripped apart. titanic victims sank slowly allowing for continuous evacuation of cavities. air streaming out and water in.
- epcoa 3y agoThink about why a parachute works. It’s the same concept.
- duncan-donuts 3y agoYeah but the pressure equalization happens so fast you’d almost certainly feel nothing.