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Also see his fantastic "What if?" series[0] where he answers fantastical questions using similar research. Examples of recent questions include "If you call a r
by conroy 13y ago
Also see his fantastic "What if?" series[0] where he answers fantastical questions using similar research. Examples of recent questions include "If you call a random phone number and say “God bless you”, what are the chances that the person who answers just sneezed?" and "What place on Earth would allow you to freefall the longest by jumping off it?"
[0] http://what-if.xkcd.com/ http://what-if.xkcd.com/
- brown9-2 13y agoAlso great - the @WhatIfNumbers twitter feed: https://twitter.com/whatifnumbers https://twitter.com/whatifnumbers
- BrandonMarc 13y agoSpeaking of What-if, it now makes sense that he did the questions about what it would be like if the oceans of Earth were drained [0], and what it would look like on Mars if suddenly water were added and oceans (an ocean) formed [1]. -------------------- [0] http://what-if.xkcd.com/53/ http://what-if.xkcd.com/53/ [1] http://what-if.xkcd.com/54/ http://what-if.xkcd.com/54/
- altrego99 13y agoWhat if a diamond 100ft in diameter hits Earth in near-light speed? http://what-if.xkcd.com/20/ http://what-if.xkcd.com/20/
- SonicSoul 13y agostill hoping he'll tackle my question about what would happen if humans became 2nd most intelligent species on earth (perhaps to.. dolphins) and how that would play out :)