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You just finished watching the movie-The Matrix and you're feeling so high, you practically want someone to shoot you so you could dodge the bullet. But then you have second thoughts, "let me go consult EdScienceBlog before i set out on this task".

Action!!!

You: Hey yo! I want to try out this scene...what do i need to know?
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EdScienceBlog: LOL...forget about what countless hollywood movies would have you believe. Dodging a bullet fired at you is almost impossible.

You: But why?

EdScienceBlog: (remind me before the end of this meeting to explain the bolded word -'almost')
you are up against some factors, let me define them.

i Muzzle Velocity: The speed with which a bullet leaves a gun.
For modern rifles, the average muzzle velocity is about 1,200meters per second. i.e. within a second, the bullet has gotten to 1,200 meters from where it was fired. . .think about that!

ii Reaction Time: The elapsed time between the presentation of stimulus and your response to it.
The average reaction time for humans is 0.25 seconds for visual stimulus, 0.17 for audio stimulus and 0.15 seconds for touch stimulus.

so, you'll need a cue, like something to alert you, for you to react- by dodging.

something you need to note here is that, due to the muzzle velocity of the gun, it would be practically impossible for you to see the bullet leave the gun, so that strikes out relying on visual stimulus from your list.

You: So what can i rely on?

EdScienceBlog: er...we have touch stimulus there, you could rely on the sense of touch from the bullet! oh wait...you'll be dead in an instance. LOL

You: Be serious jhor... how about the sense of sound?

EdScienceBlog: Ah...yeah! there could be a possibility with that, lets see.
It is scientifically proven that the speed of sound in air is 343 meters per second. Unfortunately, the muzzle velocity of an average gun is far greater than the speed of sound, meaning the bullet would have hit you before you can even hear the gun sound. . .sorry man!

You: Wow! then imagine the shooter is using a silencer, like the type James Bond uses in movies, that means no sound at all...chai!

EdScienceBlog: Argghh!! Hollywood again!
firstly, it's officially called a SUPPRESSOR. Secondly, it doesn't make the gun as quiet as Hollywood would make you believe...but then, thats a digression.

You: hmmm...so you said i should remind you about the word 'almost'

EdScienceBlog: I did?

You: yes.

EdScienceBlog: Why?

You: I should be asking you that!

EdScienceBlog: LOL... i'm just pulling your legs.
Depending on the distance of the shooter from the shooted, one could possibly dodge a bullet. (Note; not a bullet from a sniper o!) as shown by MythBusters in one of their videos. But bear in mind that the shooter has to be very, very, very far away, and you have to react before he pulls the trigger in order for you to successfully stay alive in this experiment. How you'll achieve that. . .na you know!

You: Thanks! I think i'll look for something better to do with my life.

EdScienceBlog: You welcome! please, click the like & share button below to share this post with your friends who are also having this thought of committing suicide!

Source : http://www.edscienceblog.com/2016/09/why-you-cant-normaly-dodge-bullet.html

Thank you all for the love you've shown me so far concerning my blogposts on science, I appreciate.

Many people have actually dodged bullets in real life. It's helps when you see when the shooter is about to shoot, with that you have some seconds to react ahead.
When you're being shot at, aways run away in zig zag. This leaves the shooter confused and directionless

#Modified

A bullet fails at both the criteria of ‘normal’ things that we discussed above; it is extraordinarily small and it moves….well, too damn fast!
Still, just for the sake of argument, can you dodge a bullet?
Well, yes. But that’s not a ‘yes’ that applies to every case; rather, it is a ‘yes’ that comes with a long list of caveats.

https://www.scienceabc.com/pure-sciences/can-you-dodge-a-bullet-fired-at-you.html

oshey..make I sharply enter barrack and prove a point.

Harvest601:
oshey..make I sharply enter barrack and prove a point.

LOL, did you read the article? That's suicide mehn..

Wow... This is the best science article I've read in a very long time, So cool..

Mixing humor with education nice formula. Op keep this up, and you have the average community at your back.

TheHood:
Wow... This is the best science article I've read in a very long time, So cool..

Mixing humor with education nice formula. Op keep this up, and you have the average community at your back.



Lalasticlala this should be on front page by now.

Thanks..

What if the person uses a machine gun

jaysparx:
What if the person uses a machine gun

LOL see question

I've dodged bullets

















In mine dreams

Dodge bullet & dodge your remaining
days in life, #moviemaniac i pity ya..

Lol, Lalasticlala come and dodge this

Minion1:
Lol, Lalasticlala come and dodge this

Abeg allow him to atleast move this to FP first before taking him out .

you can actually dodge bullets at night.. bullets are clearly visible at nights nah..

Lol,quite interesting

Lalasticlala FP pls, I spent so much energy on this ...

Na wa o

This is a very interesting article from the science section, Lalasticlala, mynd44, Dominique, anybody who can... Take this to the Frontpage.

Lalasticlala never ship
this thing to FP since....

I don't even want to sight a live bullet... talk less of dodging one

in warri where i come from this is how we dodge bullet

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But i dodge bullets everyday nau....

Bad belle bullets
Hate bullets


Name it....

Because you won't even see d bullet itself.

ok

The shooter never hear about odeshi before ?

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I don't dodge bullets. I catch them#ClarkKent

Really educative. Thanks.

What's our visual reaction in the dream world? At least I have dodged bullets very well in the dream.

OP tnx, but been shot at is not for me.

bkool7:
Many people have actually dodged bullets in real life. It's helps when you see when the shooter is about to shoot, with that you have some seconds to react ahead.
When you're being shot at, aways run away in zig zag. This leaves the shooter confused and directionless

Dont try that with White House Snipers.

see person wey neva enter gunfight dey talk ............na wa oooooooooo