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Dogmafood
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Message 155 of 248 (668610)
07-23-2012 1:41 AM


A question about scale
Where is the mid point between 1.616199 x 10E-35, a Plank length, and 1.4 x 10E26 meters, the size of the observable universe?

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Dogmafood
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Message 157 of 248 (668642)
07-23-2012 12:02 PM
Reply to: Message 156 by Dr Adequate
07-23-2012 3:16 AM


Re: A question about scale
Thanks Dr Adequate, ye venerable knower of things.
I guess what I am really looking for is the median.

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Dogmafood
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Message 159 of 248 (668651)
07-23-2012 2:04 PM
Reply to: Message 158 by NoNukes
07-23-2012 12:48 PM


Re: A question about scale
Every morning at Sisyphus' School for Continuing Education they teach us to never give up.
If there were a ruler with the Plank length at one end and the size of the observable universe at the other end, where would the middle be?
I am LMAO here.

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Dogmafood
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Message 163 of 248 (668949)
07-26-2012 12:52 AM
Reply to: Message 162 by NoNukes
07-24-2012 12:59 PM


Re: A question about scale
Snort
Well yes...the middle would be about half way.
I was just marvelling at the thought that, relative to me, the Plank length is about as small as the universe is big.

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Dogmafood
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Message 166 of 248 (669340)
07-29-2012 8:21 AM
Reply to: Message 164 by NoNukes
07-26-2012 8:50 AM


Re: A question about scale
Well, the comparison is off by 10 orders of magnitude.
Sure but they are ten of the small ones.
And the "coincidence" is an artifact of our choice of measurement units.
I guess we did choose the meter but not the plank length or the size of the observable universe and we chose it before we knew the other two parameters. I see what you are saying though.
The one joy of ignorance is that I get to be constantly amazed by the mundane.

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Dogmafood
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Message 167 of 248 (669341)
07-29-2012 8:24 AM
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07-28-2012 11:24 AM


Re: A question about scale
Hey Cavediver good to see you around again.
Yep, ignore the naysayers
It is obvious man. Every which way that I look I can see the same distance so I must be in the middle.
Have I missed much?
Well they found that missing boson while you were gone but perhaps you heard about it.

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