JackGreenEarth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 10 months agoWhy a ton, and not a megagram?message-square100fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down110
arrow-up1150arrow-down1message-squareWhy a ton, and not a megagram?JackGreenEarth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-square@Shialac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•10 months agoWhen I imagine 1km I don’t imagine 1000 individual meters in my head, I imagine 1km
minus-squareXIIIesqlinkfedilink1•10 months agoThe point is that you can easily estimate a meter. Look to the horizon and estimate a kilometre and I’ll bet that your error is significant by comparison to your estimate of a meter. There is a big difference between imagining/understanding a concept and judging it accurately in the real world.
When I imagine 1km I don’t imagine 1000 individual meters in my head, I imagine 1km
The point is that you can easily estimate a meter.
Look to the horizon and estimate a kilometre and I’ll bet that your error is significant by comparison to your estimate of a meter.
There is a big difference between imagining/understanding a concept and judging it accurately in the real world.