(July 7, 2025 at 2:43 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(July 7, 2025 at 10:20 am)Paleophyte Wrote: Depends on what you mean by "greater". If you want wreckage the pile up wins. If you're looking for low coefficient of friction, the ice has it hands down. If we're looking for marketability or capacity to be the Saviour of Mankind then neither is terribly useful. It's a useless metric because it doesn't mean anything.
Well, friction is more important than wreckage, so ice still wins.
Define ‘importance’. The wreckage is far more important than friction to the insurance company, but friction (or lack thereof) is far more important than wreckage to a ball bearing.
Boru
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