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How fast can a human possibly run 100 meters? (answer: about 7 seconds) (bigthink.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

That's actually what is happening here. Rather than a 'gut feeling' about human performance, someone/several people decided to try to model it with the best available information. If it's wrong, the next step is to prove why it's wrong and get a new 'best approximation'.

The next step is not to throw it all out because it doesn't sound plausible.

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