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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The horses also all had humans on their backs. To my knowledge, none of the humans had horses on their backs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

For it to be scientifically accurate of a comparison, the ratio of weight:human needs to be equal to that of rider:horse, not a direct flip.

In case my phrasing is confusing, to illustrate what I mean here is an example: a 200lb horse carrying a 100lb human is equivalent to a 100lb human carrying a 50lb weight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Things don't scale linearly like that. Many things are proportional to either the surface (so x²) or volume (x³) or complex combinations of those.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Oh true true. I forgot about the square-cube law.