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Unfortunately blue whales are a terrible, archaic measure. There’s too much variability in mass, and then you’ve got the buoyancy problem and different salinity
by brookst 2y ago
Unfortunately blue whales are a terrible, archaic measure. There’s too much variability in mass, and then you’ve got the buoyancy problem and different salinity, plus pressure at depth.
Any modern scientific discussion should be done exclusively using standardized measures, like 747’s or 10-story office buildings.
- jaredklewis 2y agoDon’t forget the standardized unit for volume: Olympic swimming pools.
- euroderf 2y agoAn iconic (and widely-known) skyscraper with a mass in a usable range (because it is not SO huge) might be the Flatiron building.