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100×10^12 km is about 10.6 light years. There are about 16 other stars closer to the sun than that. It's a bit like a human body containing blood vessels with
by mkl 4mo ago
100×10^12 km is about 10.6 light years. There are about 16 other stars closer to the sun than that. It's a bit like a human body containing blood vessels with total length greater than twice the Earth's circumference.
- p1esk 4mo ago100×10^15 km
- mkl 4mo agoDoh, you're right, it's way bigger. I was in too much of a rush.
- perarneng 4mo agoImagine if a 3year old has only one single blood vessel: The single blood vessel grows by approximately 88 kilometers per day since conception. Here is the quick calculation using that timeline: •Total Days: ~1,365 days (270 days in the womb + 1,095 days of life up to age 3). •Total Length: ~120,000 kilometers. That breaks down to an astonishing 3.7 kilometers of growth every single hour. Typical adult walking speed: ~5 km/h . Next time you are walking then imagine the tiny thin blood vessel growing behind you almost at the same speed you are walking. If you slow down and stop it will catch up to you.
- sambapa 4mo agoThanks for a horror script idea, I will send it to A24.
- N_Lens 4mo agoReality appears to be fractal.
- bookofjoe 4mo agoBest comment of the year
- themafia 4mo agoSo it could be sentient but it's pace of thinking might be absolutely glacial.
- pvaldes 4mo agoEverything that is alive is sentient. No organism can survive without collecting data from their environment and responding to this info.
- uberex 4mo agoHow many light years is the English coastline?
- agos 4mo agoat least 3
- mc32 4mo agoI wonder if these measurements were done in similar fashion to how they measured kudzu coverage in the US. For the longest time it was assumed that one of the initial projections was correct; however, under closer examination that estimate was off by a factor of 30. Kudzu wasn’t enveloping the South. It did like the byways though.