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Quite an understatement: > The core is about 4,000 miles from the Earth's surface and, despite best efforts, scientists have so far been unable to reach it.
by npongratz 2y ago
Quite an understatement:
> The core is about 4,000 miles from the Earth's surface and, despite best efforts, scientists have so far been unable to reach it.
- robotnikman 2y agoTo put things into perspective, the deepest hole drilled, the The Kola Superdeep Borehole, is only 7.6 miles deep. Our deepest hold did not get anywhere near close to the core. We know there is a core thousands of miles beneath our very feet, and we can only guess as to what exactly it is, a mystery beneath us our entire lives.
- jsbisviewtiful 2y agoOnly making it down .19% before being outmatched is quite humbling for the human species.
- Terr_ 2y agoLook man, we may have taken the multicellular title from the frick'n worms [0], to say nothing of utterly trouncing our mole-brethren, so as far as I'm concerned we are winning. :p [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halicephalobus_mephisto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halicephalobus_mephisto
- tsujamin 2y agoNecessary quote from my favourite movie > Dr. Josh Keyes: The core is the size of Mars. You're talking about jump-starting a planet. This is a superheated hyper-fluid of molten iron and nickel at 9,000 degrees Fahrenheit. And the deepest we've ever been is... 7 miles, with a two-inch drill bit. Space is easy. It's empty. We're talking about millions of pounds of pressure per square inch. Even if we somehow came up with a brilliant plan to fix the core, we just can't get there. > Dr Conrad Zimsky: ...But what if we could? [1]: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298814/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298814/
- culi 2y agoI believe the deepest we've ever gotten is 7.5 miles. So 0.1875% and we're only a few millennia in!
- mont_tag 2y agoPerhaps too difficult for either Bruce Willis or for Chuck Norris, but what if they worked together !?
- tastyfreeze 2y agoWorking together wouldn't be enough. They would have to merge into Bruce Norris or Chuck Willis; the ultimate action hero.
- tolciho 2y agoOr mix things up with "I'm just the chef" Steven Seagal, though regardless the movie would be boring.
- veidelis 2y agoSorry to tell you, but Bruce Willis has dementia.
- floxy 2y agoBruce Willis' AI likeness. Or however we are going to start referring to AI manifestations of dead actors. AI-zombie? AI-reincarnation? AI-ghost-of-so-and-so?
- lazide 2y agoDie Hard 23: The Hardening
- floating-io 2y agoAnd dementia has Chuck Norris.