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Yes, but dissipating kinetic energy is a solvable problem unlike dissipating momentum.

The initial statement that's being refuted here is that a bulletproof helmet would break your neck and thus cannot work.

This statement is false because (besides such helmets existing on practice) your skull can absorb the momentum without too much damage and helmet can absorb the kinetic energy.




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