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Isn't this akin to the reddit meme of showing everything next to a banana "for scale" comparing body parts? I.e. non-deterministic and from a scientific perspe
by allegory 12y ago
Isn't this akin to the reddit meme of showing everything next to a banana "for scale" comparing body parts?
I.e. non-deterministic and from a scientific perspective, total horse shit.
- jwecker 12y agoTotally. "Science" requires precision because science in many ways is the mechanism by which we learn truths with greater and greater precision. That doesn't mean though that science naturally abhors imprecise "for-scale" measurements though- they just reserve them for illustration and avoid using them for the actual science. (e.g., http://imgur.com/gallery/ESp2j http://imgur.com/gallery/ESp2j - marianas trench scale)
- allegory 12y agoYep can understand that. Its important to visualise values and comparing to reference points is fine. This comes to mind for unit conversions: http://www.weirdconverter.com http://www.weirdconverter.com
- Havvy 12y agoThat was an Imgur meme first. One of the original Imgur memes at that.