Something is impossible if it can't happen. If there are no happenings, there can be no mathematics. It is an empty challenge. Plenty of coincidences happen for the first (and only) time.
The comparison with the Model T automobile is risible. The top speed of the 1908 model was 42 mph, and the estimated running speed of the tyrannosaurus was anywhere from 10 to 45 mph. Of course, it helps to fictitiously claim exactitude in order to argue for precise coincidence.
Meanwhile, folks in Utah at the Dinosaur National Monument are still digging dinosaur bones out of 150-million-year-old mountain rock.
the estimated running speed of the tyrannosaurus was anywhere from 10 to 45 mph
It is always important to look at initial reporting at the time. And the initial reporting at the time, stated the estimate speed of the T-Rex as 45 mph. Of course, that's a ludicrous number. And future reports estimate far more reasonable figures.
But understand, in 1908, that original number. That 45 mph they seemingly pulled out of thin air, had a purpose behind it.
And I see plenty of sources stating the Model T's top speed as 45 mph.
Determination of "top speed" is notoriously uncertain, because you are operating somewhere near the engine's (and vehicle's) limit of integrity. My point is that there is no precision involved in this, and you admit that the number for the tyrannosaurus was pulled out of the air at the time. If you can't stand up to a claim being taken seriously, you shouldn't make the claim.
Not even a snip of info....passing by and moving on.
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"At what point is a coincidence mathematically impossible?
Not only do they share a name and origins…
Model-T = 45 Miles Per Hour Max
T-Rex = 45 Miles Per Hour Max
They also were the exact same speed!"
At what point is a coincidence mathematically impossible?"...
....(cont.)
Something is impossible if it can't happen. If there are no happenings, there can be no mathematics. It is an empty challenge. Plenty of coincidences happen for the first (and only) time.
The comparison with the Model T automobile is risible. The top speed of the 1908 model was 42 mph, and the estimated running speed of the tyrannosaurus was anywhere from 10 to 45 mph. Of course, it helps to fictitiously claim exactitude in order to argue for precise coincidence.
Meanwhile, folks in Utah at the Dinosaur National Monument are still digging dinosaur bones out of 150-million-year-old mountain rock.
It is always important to look at initial reporting at the time. And the initial reporting at the time, stated the estimate speed of the T-Rex as 45 mph. Of course, that's a ludicrous number. And future reports estimate far more reasonable figures.
But understand, in 1908, that original number. That 45 mph they seemingly pulled out of thin air, had a purpose behind it.
And I see plenty of sources stating the Model T's top speed as 45 mph.
Determination of "top speed" is notoriously uncertain, because you are operating somewhere near the engine's (and vehicle's) limit of integrity. My point is that there is no precision involved in this, and you admit that the number for the tyrannosaurus was pulled out of the air at the time. If you can't stand up to a claim being taken seriously, you shouldn't make the claim.