Timeline for What could people notice about someone who is two times as dense as a regular person?
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| Jun 15, 2018 at 23:54 | comment | added | Criggie | I work on the top floor of a building, and I have earthquake experiences. So I notice minor movements of the floor which could be a growing aftershock or new event - its ingrained. So when one of the really large people walk down the corridor I can feel it. A dense person walking would flex structures like conventional floors in houses, and bridges (especially suspension foot-bridges or rope bridges.) | |
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| Jun 12, 2018 at 12:22 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | I have edited the answer to take the footfall detail into account. | |
| Jun 12, 2018 at 12:22 | history | edited | The Square-Cube Law | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 11, 2018 at 16:41 | comment | added | JeffUK | "Their steps would be louder" might well be one of those things that gives magicians their '"Presence".. | |
| Jun 11, 2018 at 15:35 | comment | added | Chris H | @Renan some children of the same height/weight/build move lightly, some clump around like baby elephants. Many can do either depending on mood/tiredness. This is without years of practice, because they haven't been walking at all for many years. | |
| Jun 11, 2018 at 15:33 | comment | added | Chris H | I'm in a similar position to @GaryWalker plus I always wear soft-soled shoes as I tend to be on my feet quite a bit. Trotting up the stairs in work, my keys rattling in my pocket make more noise than my feet. The footprints on the ground would be more of a giveaway. However lightly you tread, you can't avoid making floorboards creak if you're heavy enough that they creak (as many parents of small restless children know). The only child making the floor creak when the adults do might be noticable. | |
| Jun 11, 2018 at 13:50 | comment | added | Gary Walker | @Renan -- and they would have years of practice. I'm a big guy, and I am frequently accused of sneaking up on people simply because I step lightly (it was a mom thing, she forbade us to clomp around the house because that was not the right way to do it) | |
| Jun 11, 2018 at 11:40 | comment | added | The Square-Cube Law | @TLW I think that someone making an effort to keep doing lightfalls might be even more noticeable than louder footsteps on most kinds of flooring in a city, unless they have practiced for years. | |
| Jun 10, 2018 at 22:09 | comment | added | TLW | > "They would impart the ground with twice the energy on each step." - Do note however that this assumes that they place their feet with the same care as an average person. Twice the energy of a light footfall may still be less than a heavy footfall. | |
| Jun 10, 2018 at 2:18 | history | edited | The Square-Cube Law | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 10, 2018 at 2:10 | history | answered | The Square-Cube Law | CC BY-SA 4.0 |