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Originally Posted by tuccillo
Nope, just to you because you act like a know it all when you are actually wrong. Aren't you the one who said "go read a physics book"? How rude and condescending it that ? Well it turns out you are wrong.
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"I will do the mathematical proof but I am not sure anyone will follow it." - your words. Yeah...that's not condescending and insulting at all.
And I'm only wrong in your mind. I know it's futile to reply, but I will anyway. You are talking about the net damage done in two totally different scenarios. The net damage done may well be roughly the same in both. Heck, I'm a big fan of Mythbusters, and I don't see anything in there that I disagree with. I am simply saying that relative speed does matter...a lot!
Why don't you comment on the thought problem I posted earlier...
Scenario 1 - A solid wall, block, whatever is moving along at 20 MPH and hits a stationary wall.
Scenario 2 - Two solid walls, blocks, whatever are moving toward each other, each going 20 MPH, and collide.
Are the collisions identical in every respect? Of course not. There is much more energy in Scenario 2. I've said nothing that conflicts with this in any of my posts. I'm only stating that two vehicles colliding at 20 MPH is not identical to a vehicle traveling at 20 MPH hitting a stationary wall, even if the net damage is similar.