What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? This new xkcd series answering hypothetical questions with science … well it may be my favorite thing. Coincidentally, the batter would pass through 2.3X as much time as the baseball, probably allowing the baseball to more completely disintegrate, due to the principles of time dilation. (via xkcd) 
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What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?

This new xkcd series answering hypothetical questions with science … well it may be my favorite thing.

Coincidentally, the batter would pass through 2.3X as much time as the baseball, probably allowing the baseball to more completely disintegrate, due to the principles of time dilation.

(via xkcd) 

Source: what-if.xkcd.com

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    It’s safe to say that one should not try to pitch at the speed of light within the atmosphere.

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