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Originally Posted by Christ
What i gather is that we should all get fat, because although the result of an instant stop would be flying further through the air, the extra fat will act as a cushioning device, not altogether unlike airbags, cushioning the impact and providing slower deceleration...  |
I don't think you'd fly further through the air the fatter you are. If you were bigger but the same density you should fly about the same distance, but fatter people are less dense. So you would fly less far because the extra air resistance from low density fat.