Comment on Scientific explanation

Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• LadyButterfly@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I don’t even know what that equation means. I am in awe of you

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  • betanumerus@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    (no one does … he doesn’t say if that’s a number of ounces or a number of metric tons …)

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    • Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      uh it should be in kgs sorry, I was just bewildered how I managed to fuck up an equation with it literally being in front of me (cus I googled it). The number comes up to a little less than 2 protons… which means (according to my food poisoned brain’s calculation) that if there were 2 protons in a sphere with a radius of 15 cm, it would collapse into a black hole.

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      • MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So you’re saying that 2 protons closer than 15 cm would collapse into a black hole? That’s got me pretty worried, because I have a lot more than 2 protons within that proximity in my body, by at least an order of magnitude or so

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      • betanumerus@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Well anyway, that’s wrong too. Density makes a black hole, not just weight. And you’re on the wrong extreme of density.

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  • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The number in the exponent is negative, so it’s a very tiny value, whatever the unit.

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  • Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    if the problem was with the e, that just means how many times you multiply it with 10, 1.87e4 = 1.87 * 10^4 = 18700. (ignore me writing it with an exponent in my original “calculation”)

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    • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, the exponent threw me for quite a loop, too. Had me wondering what kind of formula you used to get Euler’s Number involved. 🙃

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