https://www.businessinsider.com/downsizing-movie-science-of-shrinking-humans-is-actually-possible-2017-12?op=1
The movie "Downsizing" imagines a world where a small percentage of the population elects to shrink themselves to 5 inches tall. In the downsized world, people are richer, and their environmental

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Summary: A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth

https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/would-downsizing-actually-work-in-real-life/
Well, shrink yourself to five inches now and you'd get one close to free. "Imagine a Boeing 747 and how many five-inch people you could fit on it," says Dr Andrew Pickering, a senior

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"Downsizing" is a satirical sci-fi comedy directed by Alexander Payne. The film follows a man named Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) who, seeking a better life, un

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1389072/
Downsizing: Directed by Alexander Payne. With Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig. A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.

https://www.businessinsider.in/Shrinking-humans-like-they-do-in-Downsizing-is-actually-somewhat-possible-and-not-such-a-bad-idea/articleshow/62222677.cms
The movie "Downsizing" imagines a world where a small percentage of the population elects to shrink themselves to 5 inches tall. In the downsized world, people are richer, and their environmental

https://scienceonscreen.org/films/downsizing
Cast. Matt Damon. Kristin Wiig. Hong Chau. Christoph Waltz. When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to overpopulation, Paul and Audrey decide to abandon their stressed lives, get small, and move to a luxurious new downsized community—a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.

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"Downsizing" takes place in an indeterminate future, 10 years after researchers in Scandinavia have discovered a method of "cellular reduction" that can safely shrink human beings to the

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Downsizing is a 2017 science fiction and social satire movie directed by Alexander Payne.It stars Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Laura Dern, Rolf Lassgård and Udo Kier.. As a solution to over-population, Norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to 5 inches (13 centimeters) tall and propose a 200-year global transition from big to small.

https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/downsizing-review-matt-damon-venice-film-festival-1202541777/#!
In the not-so-distant future, scientists at an institute in Norway perfect a process for reducing humans to tiny figures, about six inches tall, who can fit — and live — comfortably in an

https://www.popmatters.com/downsizing-movie-review-2517565772.html
Some Swedish researchers figured out a way to shrink the average human down to a mere five inches tall without any adverse side effects. ... into $12.5 million in the little planned communities of

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1389072/reviews
7/10. I feel almost alone in the world in liking this satirical sci-fi comedy-drama. AlsExGal 14 September 2020. When Norwegian scientists develop a means to shrink living things down to miniature size, with the average human standing only 5 inches tall, the world sees it as great new opportunity. "Downsized" people use less resources, take up

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/downsizing-2017
The film takes place in an era not too far in the future when a group of scientists in Norway have figured out a way to shrink human beings into five-inch-tall versions of themselves. The discovery is hailed as a revolution and a possible answer to the climate change emergency.

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/downsizing/
2017. R. Paramount Pictures. 2 h 15 m. Summary When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to over-population, Paul (Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in order to get small and move to a new downsized community — a choice that triggers life-changing

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-have-our-brains-started-to-shrink/
Some of the shrinkage is very likely related to the decline in humans' average body size during the past 10,000 years. Brain size is scaled to body size because a larger body requires a larger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downsizing_(film)
Downsizing is a 2017 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne, written by Payne and Jim Taylor, and starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, and Kristen Wiig.It tells the story of Paul Safranek, who decides to undergo a recently invented procedure to shrink his body so he can start a new life in an experimental community, which he ends up doing alone when

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/if-modern-humans-are-so-smart-why-are-our-brains-shrinking
Their theories as to why the human brain is shrinking are all over the map. Some believe the erosion of our gray matter means that modern humans are indeed getting dumber. (Late-night talk show hosts, take note — there's got to be some good comic material to mine here.) Other authorities argue just the opposite: As the brain shrank, its

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/22/571910151/in-downsizing-a-new-addition-to-the-large-history-of-tiny-people-in-film
The long — and admittedly odd — tradition of people shrinking in the movies goes back at least to 1901, with a silent film called The Dwarf and the Giant.The most recent is the new movie

https://www.reddit.com/r/InsightfulQuestions/comments/15ca2p/if_humans_were_one_foot_tall_besides_the/
Then again, human are 5-6 feet tall, and it takes us about 2-3 seconds to move our own height at walking pace. Ant ant moves 10 or 20 times its own length in the same time. WHen moving through a structure at 1 inch tall it would be plausible that we could traverse that space much faster than a normal human would traverse the same in human scales.

https://www.reddit.com/r/whowouldwin/comments/8c12in/if_all_humans_were_shrunk_in_size_how_long_could/
Doing the math, banana peels would be the equivalent of about 1.3 inches thick. That's thick, but far from insurmountable. We're talking about dozens of dedicated humans with literally nothing better to do than figure out how to peel a very large banana. If the math is correct, that would be 1.3"s thick to a 6" person.

https://www.reddit.com/r/whowouldwin/comments/ijbx8l/all_humans_are_shrunk_down_to_be_6_inches_tall/
Strength scales down accordingly. All buildings, vehicles, and infrastructure shrink down as well and remain accessible/functional on a miniaturized scale. Human-cultivated crops, domesticated animals, and anything inside a human-built building shrinks down as well. All wild plants and animals remain the same size. Does humanity survive?

https://www.reddit.com/r/whowouldwin/comments/dsyjdi/every_year_every_human_is_shrunk_making_them/
If you make it to years 6-7, a six foot tall man will be around 0.5 to 1.0 inch tall. As early as year five every human is possible prey to insects. If 1,000 humans live to year ten I would be amazed. By then the six foot man is less than 1/10th of an inch tall.

https://www.reddit.com/r/whowouldwin/comments/7d3839/all_humans_are_simultaneously_shrunk_down_to_5_or/
All humans are simultaneously shrunk down to 5 or 6 inches tall respective to their original height. ... and adapt to deal with all our new predators. There are plenty of our current tools we could still use at 6 inches tall, and others that we could jury-rig to work. ... we have basically solved the overpopulation and food crisis. We could