Posted by Dr. Science on 04/06/2012 in
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If, theoretically, you were at the exact center of the earth and you dropped a ball, what would it do?
———- from Rick McGuire of Birmingham, MI
It would fly into your face at great velocity. Most probably, it would damage one eye and, if your reflexes were slow enough, could permanently blind you. That’s why I can’t urge you strongly enough to leave experiments like this to trained scientists! We’ve been there before. We know what to expect in situations like this. I wouldn’t think of going to the center of the earth without protective eyewear, nor would I tamper with terrestrial forces without first having done my homework! The Center of the Earth, man! Didn’t you see the movie starring James Mason and Pat Boone? Sure, it had a happy ending — all movies did back then. But the reality of Pat Boone taking a shower surrounded by glowing technicolor rocks…the mind can only stand so much.
