Fair point

Trust me, I'm an engineer.

This reminds me of the German artist Hans Hemmert. He threw a party where the guests were given and wore stilt shoes to bring them all to the same height of two meters:
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/shoes_that_make_everyone_the_same_height__16220.asp
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Odd, to be sure. But the implications when you think about it are fascinating.