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You've been instantly teleported two feet to the left. How does this affect you? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] indepndnt 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The difference I see with supersonic jets is that our hypothetical scenario is all about an instantaneous occurrence, whereas jets start at a standstill and accelerate up to that speed relatively gradually, meaning there is some opportunity for air displacement to begin before the jet arrives and occur over some marginally longer time period.

[–] Smokeydope 3 points 11 months ago

That seems like a reasonable hypothesis, thanks for the input!