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where is the fight taking place? in battle school or wizarding world? or a battle school in the wizarding world!
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Well lets examine the strengths and weaknesses of each group. I'm assuming we have an equal number of both combatants. I'm also going to assume that either both sides are composed of all males, or that both sides have an equal number of males and females.
Furthermore, I will define "cave-man" to refer to a group of technologically primitive homo sapiens, and not some proto-humans like homo-erectus (and will avoid the whole Neanderthal debate altogether).
Astronaut Strengths: Every single astronaut has to be in tip-top shape both mentally and physically. These are not your average nerds. They need to be able to run and swim long distances without tiring, be in excellent health, and have 20/20 vision. In addition, they have to all be some of the most intelligent and creative people around. They would almost certainly be taller than the cave-men (perhaps by several inches), having been raised with relatively incredible nutrition. They have highly advanced language and learning systems compared to the cave-men.
Weaknesses: Have probably never crafted a primitive weapon. Probably have never killed any person, or even any animal.
Cave-men Strengths: The process of natural selection was in full force, so most of these men should have reasonably good eye-site and keen hunting skills. They also are "rugged" having to survive in times of famine and hunger. Probably of smaller, stockier build, and perhaps a bit stronger. I would say, however, that their biggest strength in this conflict would be that they already have the knowledge base to craft whatever weapons common to their time period. Add to that the fact that they have all probably killed large animals, and some have almost certainly killed other people. That experience could be invaluable. Also have surely hunted / raided in a group before.
Weaknesses: Probably highly superstitious. This could be exploited. Probably fairly set in their ways of warfare. Perhaps a limited vocabulary and communication system. Might have a number of individuals with previous injuries / ailments.
Eh, its a close one, but my money is on the cavemen. By the time the astronauts figure out how to create stone-age weapons, the cavemen are using their bones to pick their teeth with.
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Astronauts almost certainly have some unarmed combat training from their military experience...
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Yes, I suppose you could have another forty or so that I haven't seen. In that case, I believe you would win.
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Tante, 1004 posts after being registered for a MONTH??? And every post has CONTENT. That's creepy. Did you sell your soul to the Hatrack Fiend?
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quote:Originally posted by Alcon: Who would win in a fight, a calculus teacher or a physics teacher?
The calculus teacher. At least where I work, since she was my math teacher, and I have no intention of taking her on! So she'd win by default. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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Wizard definatly if he's far away enough he can caste some sort of spell to melt/shrink/teleoport away the mech.
Heck, a lighting bolt would fry the circuits.
Now who would win, a King Tiger or a JS-III?
Or more interesting, a M1 Abrams tank or the new Type-98 Main Battle Tank for the People's Liberation Army (unvieled in a Military Parade in 1999)?
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See now between a physics teacher and a calc teacher I'd go with the physics teacher myself. A physics teacher has to know calculus to teach physics, cause physics is heavily dependant on calc. Therefore the physics teacher has more knowledge than the calc teacher. Since knowledge is power, the physics teacher is more powerful then the calc teacher and would therefore win in a fight. QED Posts: 3295 | Registered: Jun 2004
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A high school physics teacher does not absolutely need to know physics. (I think they should, because understanding integrals really helps with such things as the relationship between speed and acceleration, for instance.)
Moreover, they certainly need not know as much calculus as a calculus teacher does.
My father is a mathematical physicist. He could whip 'em both. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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Have any of you read MANIFOLD - ORIGIN by Stephen Baxter?
In this SF novel astronauts and cavemen actually fight each other - and the depiction of the interaction between the modern day astronauts and the cavemen is rather realistic and believable. (Great book, by the way.)
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quote:Originally posted by Alcon: See now between a physics teacher and a calc teacher I'd go with the physics teacher myself. A physics teacher has to know calculus to teach physics, cause physics is heavily dependant on calc. Therefore the physics teacher has more knowledge than the calc teacher. Since knowledge is power, the physics teacher is more powerful then the calc teacher and would therefore win in a fight. QED
But power is nothing but energy per time. Since they both have the same amount of energy, the physics teacher will run out of energy first, and lose!
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