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On the Size and Scale of Dragons
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, 20234 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
Force Of MCU Spider-Man's Punches
Spoilers (surprise!).
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Jan 21, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
Hammer Volumes In Fiction
I did a *lot* of math for this one.
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Nov 26, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
"Dune" Lasgun Power Output Calc
(Spoilers for the new movie.)
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Dec 7, 20212 min read
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, 202110 min read
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, 20211 min read
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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