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Yeah, Occam's razor tells me that it's much more likely that a stone got stuck somewhere in their skydiving apparatus than having a meteorite fly right past you
by simias 13y ago
Yeah, Occam's razor tells me that it's much more likely that a stone got stuck somewhere in their skydiving apparatus than having a meteorite fly right past you while you're skydiving.
Maybe I'm underestimating the quantity of meteorites falling on the earth but since the newspapers aren't exactly filled with news of people getting killed by falling rocks I'm not yet ready to believe that was a meteorite.
- ThomPete 13y agoI am not sure how you are using Occams razor there. It's well known that metorites falls to earth. Also see top comment right now.
- nicksergeant 13y agoHe explains in the video why it's not possible to have been from the aircraft or other flyers.
- jmulho 13y agoThe first guy's chute was open. The rock flew past the first guy. Then a second guy (with his chute not yet open) flew past the first guy. When the rock flew past the first guy, the second guy was above him, and whatever aircraft the second guy jumped from must have also been above him.
- jessedhillon 13y agoIf you look at how a parachute is packed, and how it unfolds when deployed, what you described is definitely not the simpler explanation preferred by Occam's razor.
- simias 13y agoWell, since it seems I'm in a minority here I'll accept that I might be misjudging the odds on this one, especially since I know nothing about skydiving. I guess it goes to prove that since nowadays we're almost all carrying video recorders with us at all times the probability of catching the most elusive events on video gets increasingly large. I expect to see a video of someone standing at the foot of a rainbow any day now.
- cratermoon 13y agoIt could have fallen from or (if they are being stupid) been thrown by the other guy, who happens to appear in the frame just after the object.
- ajcarpy2005 13y agoEven low probability events happen. It just means we can be less certain about when they will/might happen.
- darkarmani 13y agoOccam's razor tells me it's much more likely the winner of the lottery cheated, because the odds of winning are so low.