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The idea that the universe and these numbers are "massive" is very human-scale. Imagine how massive a "universe" the size of just the Earth would be, from the
by scrollaway 4y ago
The idea that the universe and these numbers are "massive" is very human-scale.
Imagine how massive a "universe" the size of just the Earth would be, from the perspective of a proton.
- danenania 4y agoSure, I'm just pointing out that if the premise is that this hypothetical civilization is compute-constrained in some way and so everything beyond our local area is a facade, they have seemingly wasted resources on making the facade unnecessarily large and detailed. Perhaps the amount is insignificant to them, but it's still pointless waste.
- soco 4y agoNot waste if they're simulating the path of our civilization to reach those billions of stars.
- olddustytrail 4y agoAbout a million times smaller than the visible universe to a human?