I often wonder, for no apparent reason, if, for example, I am officially big or small. in relation to quarks, electrons, galaxies and stars, should something like a human or an elephant be classed as big or small?
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RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 15:11,
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Size can only be measured in comparison
Take 10 Metres for example.
If it was an airport runway, it'd be short.
If it was a cock, it's be stupidly huge.
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yeah but at some point you hsould be able to compare against EVERYTHING.
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RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 15:30,
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This is the basis of multiple dimensions and string theory
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applehead herp derp, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 15:23,
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my head hurts already.
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RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 15:29,
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If you've got 11 minutes to spare
you could do worse than watch this video
If that piques your interest I also recommend listening to Michio Kaku.
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applehead herp derp, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 15:56,
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What Powers of 10
The short film (Or long one if you can get the Imax version).
There are something like 40 orders of magnitude difference between the biggest and smallest objects we can detect, we lie at about the 16th order of magnitude, so on average, we are small given that we lie nearer the smaller end of the spectrum than the bigger. However, there are many (many many) more smaller things than us, than bigger things, so in effect we are big.
Orders of magnitude being x 10. So the biggest object (the known universe) is 4 x 1040 bigger than the smallest, known object.
Powers of ten, imax clip
Edit: Balls, still can't edit subject line! Should read Watch Powers of 10
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LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 15:46,
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