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The real news is Michael Feldman should share with us his count of the atoms in the unobservable universe. I'd be interested in methodology, too.

• archgoon 10y ago
  This is a fairly well known and common estimate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe#Matter_content https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe#Matter_con...
  • sa1 10y ago
    You shared the estimate for the number of atoms in the observable universe. afaik, we don't have an estimate for the unobservable universe.
    • archgoon 10y ago
      But Michael Feldman did not say that he could do that, he merely said the universe. Through context, it is obvious that he is restricting to the observable universe, just like when people say "American" to specifically to refer to people in the United States. Sorry, I hadn't realized we were arguing about this level of pedantry.
      • cjslep 10y ago
        I just think you missed my very dry wit highlighting how even such an overused phrase can be technically incorrect, the worst kind of incorrect. Even when the rest of the more-technical-than-an-overused-phrase article could be correct. My apologies, I didn't realize people would take my original response so seriously.
      • sa1 10y ago
        I'm sorry, I was not talking about Feldman, just about your parent comment.