Digging Downward

13 Apr 2015 • what-if.xkcd.com

So what if you’re protected against the heat, pressure, and the digging process?

Well, at that point, we’ve redefined the rules so much that I’m not sure it makes sense to try to calculate an answer. The question—”what would kill you if you kept digging downward”—has left the realm of physics and become fantasy.

Which, come to think of it, makes the answer…

Worth a read. I won’t spoil the very end for ya.