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by blitzar 673 days ago
The 1-minute mile must be right around the corner, and when that inevitably gets broken, the 1-second mile will follow swiftly.
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In fact, humans will be running at relativistic speeds within this century, risking the total destruction of the Earth if they should ever trip over something and fall down.

Scary stuff. And it's not science fiction- it's based on real, observed trends and scaling laws. Seems impossible? Well, they said the four-minute mile was impossible, too.