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All of the gold discovered thus far would fit in a cube that is 23 meters wide on every side. This is exemplarily clear communication from a government agency.
by tpmx 4y ago
All of the gold discovered thus far would fit in a cube that is 23 meters wide on every side.
This is exemplarily clear communication from a government agency.
- theandrewbailey 4y agoAnd an American one, at that! Because of course every American can visualize how much space a 23 meter cube would occupy!
- kidme5 4y agoMore surprised they didn't use 75 feet.
- gffrd 4y agoWas surprised by the same. Does USGS measure in metric??
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- Mo3 4y agoRealistically most of science does
- gffrd 4y agoTrue. This is a public-facing PR-style piece from USGS, which is what struck me as unusual.
- shagie 4y agoThe rest of the page is in metric too. > 244,000 metric tons They're not using pounds or the imperial ton (1 imperial or long ton is 1.016 metric tons). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_ton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_ton Much of the rest of the site appears to also be metric. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-much-silver-has-been-found-world https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-much-silver-has-been-found-wor... But not all - https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-large-lifetime-supply-minerals-average-person https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-large-lifetime-supply-minerals...
- Sharlin 4y agoOr Olympic-sized swimming pools, the standard unit of volume for large-ish volumes. ((23 m)^3 equals around 4 Ossp, btw).
- euroderf 4y ago(I believe the adverbial form would be "exemplarily", and for daily, "dailily")
- tpmx 4y agoAh, thanks! (Not a native speaker.)
- valleyer 4y agoFWIW, they are either joking or just wrong about "dailily". "Daily" by itself is a perfectly fine adverb, and I've never heard or seen "dailily". To prevent cavities, brush your teeth twice daily.
- wizofaus 4y agoNot sure what the GP was on, "exemplarily" is a word but not often used, at least in speech (vs say "in an exemplary manner". Though in this case that doesn't work, perhaps "clear and exemplary" though it doesn't quite mean the same thing). "Dailily" is definitely not ("daily" is both an adjective and adverbial form).
- tpmx 4y agoHow would you rephrase my comment above? ("This is exemplarily clear communication from a government agency.")
- Scoundreller 4y agoIt’s a bit redundant: every side is the same length on any cube.
- tpmx 4y agoAnd those few extra words reinforce that for those who maybe aren't exactly sure about the exact definition of a cube (think about normies in your regular life). I'd say it's worth it.
- koolba 4y agoThe one that sticks in my mind is that same shape and number but expressed as “a golden cube who’s side is a tennis court’s length”. If you've ever seen a tennis court, you know exactly how big that would be. It also works equally well regardless of metric or imperial background.
- rz2k 4y agoA little over 1.5 cubic meters per person. In "football fields", the gold would be over 430 ft high.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoIf there are only 8000 people. I think you dropped some zeroes in your calculation.
- rz2k 4y agoSo that's what the E-06 means on the calculator's answer! :( That did seem surprising, and the actual number would be closer to a third of a teaspoon per person.
- tpmx 4y agoAbout 29 grams per person. (19300 kg/m^3 * 23 m * 23 m * 23 m)/7970000000 persons ~= 0.0294 kg/person
- BrandoElFollito 4y agoThese are two volleyball courts separated by a traditional gap (in sports gyms). Vertically that would be the equivalent of three floors (of the sports gym). This is not a lot.