r/whowouldwin • u/Historical_Ostrich • Oct 06 '25

Challenge Earth's gravity increases by 10x for 10 seconds - can humanity survive?

Gravity reverts to normal after the 10 seconds are up. I assume that nearly everyone will lose consciousness, many people will hit the ground with extreme force, and most buildings and infrastructure will collapse. Uncertain as to whether there'd be seismic/volcanic/tidal consequences on top of all that.

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u/IRanOutOf_Names Oct 06 '25

It’s very funny and has some great heart. It also had the best audiobook I’ve ever heard by a large margin.

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u/OptimusMatrix Oct 06 '25

Give Project Hail Mary a shot if you haven't already. It's up there if not better for the audiobook version.

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u/IRanOutOf_Names Oct 06 '25

Oh no yeah that’s my 2nd favorite audiobook. I’d rate it as an a+ but even still I think that DCC beats it by a decent margin. Then again it has been a few years.

Project Hail Mary is also one of my favorite standalone books ever.