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[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, I see what your mean. But couldn't you then argue that you could be at any point in between them, as long as you were spinning fast enough?

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

No, the "spin" thing was just to preemptively get past people who might say something like the point is so small that one side would freeze and one side would burn to a crisp. Because, you know, as humans we are not dimensionless points, lol, we have volume.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Right, but if spinning is necessary, than surely the rate of rotation is equally important as distance.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

If both sides of you you are deadly cold or deadly hot, no amount of rotation is going to make sure it evens out.