Comment on [Thread] Mental Math

• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That seems wildly unnecessary. I can already feel houses.

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  • dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m sure there’s some actual science thing they’re referencing here, but I don’t understand it. Who can’t feel houses?

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Both a house and a golf ball are unbelievably tiny compared to the size of the Earth. The idea that you can shrink the Earth many thousands of times over and be able to feel a house parallels with our ability to feel micro imperfections on knife blades.

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      • dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh! As in, should you be an outside observer, and grabbing the whole planet, you’d be able to feel houses on its surface if it were the size of a golf ball?

        Presumably you’d feel like crushing under your fingers like the hairs on a kiwi lol

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      People without fingers, I guess

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  • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, you feel a house. Think of how many houses you could feel at once #shrinkearthtoagolfball

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