eli5 how does jumping before an elevator hits the ground not save your life?
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Depending on how far you’ve fallen (you + elevator), you will have a lot of momentum built up.
The amount of force that you can generate from one jump will lessen the downward momentum, But not negate it entirely, unless the fall was very short (about as high as you’d normally be able to jump).
The amount of damage you take from the fall isn’t based on your momentum relative to the elevator, it’s a based on the momentum of you plus the elevator relative to the ground.
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