Re: classroom analysis of disasters

[Doug Craigen <dcc@ESCAPE.CA>]

Larry Woolf wrote:
> I agree with John that analyzing footage of the disasters is in extremely
> bad taste.
>
> Would you analyze the motion of JFK's assassination as an example of
> momentum conservation?

Actually, I've seen an analysis aimed at answering the question "could a
body recoil in the direction from which the shot came?".  With so much
analysis of this footage by conspiracy theorists I suspect many people
have become a bit numb to it and have also picked up some genuine
momentum conservation questions.

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Doug Craigen
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