Timeline for Would a sea level rise (on the other side of the Earth) if you would dip your finger into the ocean?
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| Sep 5, 2013 at 22:48 | comment | added | babou | One of my interest in SE and similar sites is to understand the sociology and the motivations of users. I assume you ask the questions because you are interested in the answer, but I am interested in understanding on what basis you choose the answer you decide to accept. Please forgive me if you consider this as too inquisitive. | |
| Jul 25, 2013 at 10:12 | vote | accept | sabiland | ||
| Jul 19, 2013 at 11:43 | history | edited | Dilaton |
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| Jul 19, 2013 at 11:40 | comment | added | babou | If we talk of minute effects on abstract liquids in an otherwise smoothly evolving world following with infinite precision the laws of fluid statics without disturbance, the sea level may ultimately seem to go down where you stand on shore, while it will rise on most of Earth. But the truth is that with just a normal finger, the effect would be many orders of magnitude too small to have meaning, let alone be measurable. | |
| S Jul 18, 2013 at 12:36 | history | suggested | Ali |
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| Jul 18, 2013 at 12:15 | answer | added | babou | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 11:35 | answer | added | Emilio Pisanty | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 10:52 | answer | added | Xurtio | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 9:38 | comment | added | babou | It will rise, unless you are floating on the ocean (swimming or on a boat). So it depends on whether you are an object :-) But it may take some time to rise (wave propagation). How small is still measurable ? | |
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| Jul 18, 2013 at 8:23 | comment | added | Michael | A rise would happen in principle but it would be practically unmeasurable. Here is a similar question tackled over at xkcd that might give you a feel for the numbers. | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 8:23 | comment | added | Ali | Why do you think it shouldn't rise? About the measurability, it really depends on what are you using to measure! But it should be some percent of ocean's volume. | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 8:15 | history | asked | sabiland | CC BY-SA 3.0 |