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The curious thing is that from her perspective, she was only swimming straight the whole time, and only expending energy going straight. It was the 'gifted' energy of the tide that caused the oscillation (from our perspective).
Just struck me as interesting to think that from her point of view she was swimming as straight and as efficiently as was possible.
An aquadesic line, if you will
It likely was the most efficient energy-wise, why waste energy going against the current when it'll undo itself anyways.
You could imagine a coordinate system in which she took the shortest path, yet the projection in our system doesn't look like a straight line
Non-euclidian swimming, my favorite
She had to go around all the minefields we laid to keep the French out.
Do you still have the galleons filled with gunpowder or is the isle ripe for Spanish invasion?
The Spanish couldn’t possibly get in as we’re behind a red locked door and the red keycard is safe in Gibraltar.
Swimming against the current, I assume.
Tbh I think this is a perfect example of "there are no stupid questions"
Person didn't know or didn't think about currents, bet you he still got roasted though
How can I shit myself without shitting myself.
See, this doesn't fall into that though does it? You're asking a question maliciously with probably a pretty good idea that the question doesn't make sense.
For someone who doesn't know something, asking is the smartest thing you can do
Still technically a question though.
Sure, but "there's no stupid requests for knowledge" doesn't really roll off the tongue
They probably did swim "straight" but it took them a really long time and this was the tidal flow during her swim, ergo they went straight but the water they were in moved back and forth.
Correct
Since there are more than two full periods, it took more than 12h?! Wow I'm usually dead after 12 min swimming
29 hours and 4 minutes as reported in another thread
And I bet that actively going straight would require extra energy and be slower than getting carried by the current
Okay but why are the oscillations bigger on the English side than on the French?
She sobered up half way through.
Because it's not called "English Strait"
Maybe that's the wiggly motion you have to with your arm to get it through la manche.
These flat earthers are getting out of hand. The shortest path is this line because the earth is curved.
