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there's quite enough pressure as it is, i'd imagine 😆

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this is probably the first what if? in a while that ends with no one dead

This man is brilliant.

But can a colossus squid bowl?

You'd probably lose the game.

Thinking some more, we need to understand the compressibility of a bowling ball. If it compresses by more than 5% on the way down, then it would actually accelerate downwards. However, a bowling ball is not made of spherical layers, so a highly compressed ball is unlikely to be spherical!

Having been through the process I can say that I think this would be a great question for a Physics Ph.D. Qualifying Exam.

I was going to pin this

The agony of the 7-10 split over years.

The restaurant staff would politely, but firmly, ask you to leave.

Parmesan cheese? Say when…

Ah Randall 😍 In a world full of ignorance towards science you manage to make me smile. Thank you 🙏

That's all assuming a spherical bowling ball

I LOL’ed when I saw the pins at the end. What a payoff.

Well then maybe you can explain why bowling is an hour a sport played in front of stadiums. Sending it home with a beer and watching it on TV made some sense but 15,000 people packed into a stadium to watch two guys knock down weird looking pieces of plastic is strange to me.

The pressure there wasn't equal from all sides though.

Sounds like a Strike to me

With some of the lighter balls that sink, there may be a zone where the water density increases under pressure to the point that the ball may float at that level and sink no further.

This is nerdporn² 😂

I expected it to someone be the end of the world

As an avid bowler I found this fascinating. Thank you!

12.1 pounds is neutrally buoyant, so each 10lb ball supports 2.1 pounds. 10 would support 21 pounds. But you're using it as a life preserver, not a raft. Humans are themselves close to neutrally buoyant; you really just want it to let you keep your head above water. 21 pounds is more than enough.

I'm surprised we are not overwhelmed with floating bowling balls everywhere. I mean there is probably at least one incident of a leaking container full of bowling balls!

I think the average mass of a ball might be higher than you calculated from images of bowling alley racks. I think most balls are purchased by individuals, not bowling alleys, and spend their days in a closet somewhere instead of on display. I wonder if there's any available data from manufacturers?

The lighter balls are really just for kids. Standard rule-of-thumb is to use a ball 10% your body weight. So any adult 130 pounds or over is likely using a ball that would sink. bowlingtrack.com/bowling-ball...

And in Canada we have another variant which we call just five pin

Has anyone got a copy of Appendix A of a book on Internal Gravity Waves, published in 2015?