Predict the Limits of Human Performance with Python

Modeling exponential decay with SciPy

An expressive oil painting of an Olympic runner bursting through the finish line tape depicted as the explosion of a nebula (by DALL-E2)

Will a human ever outrun a Ferrari? Of course not. Human performance is inherently limited, and many factors restrict our speed, including how quickly our blood can deliver oxygen and how fast our muscles can twitch. Unless we undergo significant genetic engineering, we’re about as fast as we’ll ever be.