On the Size and Scale of Dragons
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Note: This is the finalized version of the essay originally published as "How Large Was Smaug Really?" You can also find it on Quora in...
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- Aug 7, 2023
- 4 min
The Geology and Climate Of Pyrrhia
In Tui T. Sutherland's series Wings Of Fire, civilized dragons inhabit a continent known as Pyrrhia, which is shaped like a dragon itself.
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- Jun 28, 2023
- 2 min
Dumbledore's Water Ball: A Simple Mass Calculation (and More)
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore and Voldemort face off in an epic wizard duel. The two exchange lightning and...
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- Jan 21, 2023
- 2 min
Force Of MCU Spider-Man's Punches
Spoilers (surprise!).
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- Jan 21, 2023
- 1 min
Metaglass From "Dune"
This is just some art of glass I found. In "Terminology Of the Imperium" at the back of Dune, a substance known as "metaglass" is...
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- Jan 20, 2023
- 2 min
Calc: MCU Spider-Man Gets Hit By A Train
I just watched the Holland trilogy, and man, it's good. Especially FFH.
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- Jan 18, 2023
- 2 min
Captain America's Calorie Intake: How Much Does He Eat?
Note: I'm using kilocalories for energy in this essay, because it's more intuitive that way. The super soldier serum drastically...
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- Jan 17, 2023
- 1 min
Hammer Volumes In Fiction
I did a *lot* of math for this one.
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- Nov 26, 2022
- 1 min
Calc: Obi-Wan Kenobi's Force Push
In Star Wars: Revenge Of the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi duels the cyborg General Grievous, cutting off two of his arms before taking him by...
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- Nov 24, 2022
- 1 min
MCU Thor Striking Energy
Let's quantify MCU Thor's striking abilities with Mjolnir in The Avengers (2012). Feat (video version) Hulk weighs 450+ kg. Thor sends...
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- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
More Night Fury Firepower Estimation
Fireballs. Beautiful fireballs. In this gif, you can see Toothless blowing up the top of a wooden tower. It makes a pretty impressive...
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- Nov 19, 2022
- 2 min
Calcs: Red Death Durability
Note: The numbers here are very rough, and really only good to about an order of magnitude. They just give us some idea of what the Red...
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- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
Calc: John Snow Kills Horseman
Link to feat (gif version) In Game Of Thrones, John Snow swats a guy off his horse with a sword strike (a similar thing can be seen in...
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- Nov 17, 2022
- 2 min
Calc: ISS Charon Bombards Planet
Link to feat Star Trek is pretty consistently below Star Wars in terms of firepower. However, in Star Trek: Discovery (also known as DIS,...
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- Mar 9, 2022
- 2 min
What Would Happen If Toothless Scored a Direct Hit On Smaug's Weak Spot?
Spoiler: I don't know. In a previous essay, I argued that Smaug could destroy Toothless. I don't think he'd ever get off a shot to...
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- Feb 11, 2022
- 1 min
Calc: Yield of Boba Fett's Wrist Blasters
Feat (Boba blasts a stormtrooper about twenty feet) Whatever he used to send that poor bloke flying had to output a minimum of about:...
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- Jan 5, 2022
- 2 min
"Dune" Lasgun Power Output Calc
(Spoilers for the new movie.)
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- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
Red Death Density
Please note that these figures are very, very rough (due to the volume of the Red Death being rather difficult to figure out with...
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- Dec 3, 2021
- 10 min
Smaug vs Toothless Analysis
I'm literally agonizing over who would win between a multi-hundred-ton demon who shrugged off molten gold and a car-sized flying lizard with
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- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
Calc: Toothless Blasts Away Monstrous Nightmare
Here's the feat. All right, I'll run the numbers. Sadly, Imgur does not give precise second decimal numbers on their gifs, so I have to...
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