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Gravity strength varies all over Earth so there are areas with slightly higher than normal gravity. eg. Dartmoor. I wonder if people who live there have higher
by msephton 2y ago
Gravity strength varies all over Earth so there are areas with slightly higher than normal gravity. eg. Dartmoor. I wonder if people who live there have higher bone density? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_anomalies_of_Britain_and_Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_anomalies_of_Britain_a...
- rbanffy 2y agoI’d assume any such signal will be buried in the noise. The difference is very small.
- msephton 2y agoYou might be interested to know that the difference is quite noticeable! At least on Dartmoor. Walking feels very different.
- rbanffy 2y agoThe variation is about 0.7%. I doubt a human would notice anything different.
- msephton 1y agoYou can doubt it. If only it was possible to go to these locations in real life and verify it yourself? That's exactly what I did. I went to Dartmoor and the difference is quite noticeable. YMMV