Originally Posted by
Soil_Sampler
When people perceive things to be true, In their mind they think they are true, even without empirical data to back it up.
It is also "harder" to break a larger diameter spindle.
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Ok. Here is an (empirical) argument for thinking that a shorter spindle is harder to break: Take two sticks of equal diameter. Make one such that it is half as long as the other. See which is harder to break. The shorter is harder to break. QED