• young_broccoli@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Seismic activity caused by large groups of people moving together is a well known and documented phenomenon.

    The focus of the article is that her quake was bigger than other previous man-made quakes during massive events in the same location and is presented as a proof/show of how popular Taylor Swift is and how passionate are their fans. (much wow).

    If you think “Fans of X celebrity are very “energetic”” is a news article that should be posted here its fine, its news after all and people seem to like it, but lets not pretend this is a scientific article in any way.

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      1 year ago

      See, this is the data that’s interesting, and i do think it belongs here. I’d be curious if this is unofficially a record. A certain seismic measurement that is a certain distance from an event, entirely generated by people. This is assuming their movement created a bigger reading than the sound equipment, which is entirely plausible with people stomping in time.

      You know the lab is well aware of the venue. The artist doesn’t matter. It’s the event they were impressed with.