I saw a comic about this once (xkcd, probably?) and going by the scene in the movie, where Legolas has human sized eyes, they deduced that Middle Earth must have an exotic atmosphere
Lord of the SCIENCE
Submitted 1 week ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Zorcron@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
It was a Minute Physics video. Only 2 minutes, and a great watch.
FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Gives any what? Sorry I can’t read that heavily obscured text.
Blum0108@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Sounds like you need some anime eyes
FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 1 week ago
From what I’ve heard there’s a serious need to be able to see past tiny censor bars in Japanese media, maybe this explains it
marcos@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Can he do interferometry and just have a 3rd but normal eye?
Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Is the unit ‘one league’ used in LOTR (esp in elvish) the same as in our universe. Just asking as nobody here questions the units.
sness@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yes. The books are all carefully translated from elvish and would have accounted for unit conversions.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 week ago
I thought they were written by Bilbo and Frodo in Westron
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I remember asking my dad how far a league was when I first read the book, and then repeatedly questioning whether that could be right in the context of the writing.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Orland-Legolas doesn’t need science to look cute.
flicker@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I forgot that was the actor’s name and for a second thought he’d gotten married.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
I don’t think Gimli has a last name. 🤔
DharkStare@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I could be entirely wrong about this but isn’t it in universe lore that Elves don’t see the curvature of the world and that’s how they can see so far?
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
That would fall under “nonvisual” (meaning not light-based) perception.
oxideseven@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
✨magic✨
tromars@feddit.org 1 week ago
Not a scientist myself, so I’m wondering: shouldn’t that technically say „hypothesis + evidence“ instead of „theory + evidence“? Which is of course nitpicky (if I’m even correct) in the context of a tumblr post, but I’m still curious
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 week ago
A hypothesis is a theory, one that is being tested.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
These are the kinds of problems I want our species solving
_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
🎵 They’re taking Hobbit-chan to Isengard! 🎵
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Biyakugon!
tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
*intense air-slapping ensues*