Humans never evolved to specialized in unarmed combat, so it’s not crazy to assume we’d lose in a fight just like how we’d lose in a swimming contest with a fish. If you’re in a ring with no terrain, it removes all of our natural advantages. But the second a single rock is added to the equation, we go up multiple weight classes (and don’t even get me started on a pointy stick). We’re like batman (stay with me): completely outclassed normally, but succeeds through tools, intelligence, and *sigh… *prep time*
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Yeah but could you beat 3 clones of you that were 3 feet tall?
I hate it when asked in front of the person they use. If I say no, the dude thinks I’m afraid. If I say yes, I now have to fight because he got pissy.
It’s immature as fuck. I’m in my late 20s, I don’t want my kids to see me with black eyes or brused knuckles.
You said you hate these types of questions, then went on to explain exactly why they are interesting haha. There are all sorts of variables, it’s fun to talk about them. And there is just something compelling about “who could beat up who” questions, something in our lizard brain likes that for some reason
Most people agree humanity is single handedly ushering in a potentially existential climate crisis but think it’s unfathomable that a person could kill an ox.
I dislike them because the answer is usually objectively no. But people are convinced they could take on a gorilla bare handed with time to prepare
X is gonna give it to ya, regardless.
But could you beat Goku though?
They’re fun
The thing is, even unarmed we aren’t near the bottom of the food chain. Humans can still easily beat most animals in a fight bare handed. It’s interesting to figure out where exactly in that continuum we stack up.
But could you beat 100 pre-schoolers in a debate if they got prep-time and you had to answer without using the letter e?
Someone once pointed out why humans are the most successful predator. Yes… the ability to use tools is up there. But the biggest reason: When a wolf kills a human in the village, the village doesn’t just kill that wolf; the village kills EVERY wolf – for years. We’ll take out an entire species.
And it’s hard to compete against that kind of aggression if you’re a non-human predator.