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I think of a broad category of items including strawberry seeds, mustard seeds, sunflower seeds, mango seeds and other "pit"s, up to coconut seeds. I think "sun
by meetups323 6y ago
I think of a broad category of items including strawberry seeds, mustard seeds, sunflower seeds, mango seeds and other "pit"s, up to coconut seeds. I think "sunflower seed" would have been a better comparison, as its something a person can actually visualize, not a 3 order of magnitude spanning category.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoIt’s just meant to give a rough visual. The article provides the exact length.
- andrewflnr 6y agoIt fails to give a rough visual, though. The picture of it on a fingertip is much better for that.
- michaelmrose 6y agoFingertips vary in size as well if you want to be maximally pedantic.
- andrewflnr 6y agoYeah, but not through nearly as many orders of magnitude as "seeds".
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoIf you leave out massive outliers like coconuts (which I highly suspect are not what 99.9% of people think of when they think of "seeds"—I realize that's not the case for you), I think the variation would actually be quite similar.
- meetups323 6y agoPoppy seed to mango seed are all "reasonable" seeds IMO. And that's a pretty darn large range, I'd expect almost all chameleons to fall within it.
- edgyquant 6y agoThe average person thinks of a mustard seed or some other small seed. I also think you know this and are being pedantic.
- wombatmobile 6y agoPlease respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.