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[Thread] Mental Math (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the earth were shrank down to the size of a golf ball, you could feel houses.

[–] [email protected] 150 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That seems wildly unnecessary. I can already feel houses.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm sure there's some actual science thing they're referencing here, but I don't understand it. Who can't feel houses?

[–] brbposting 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Both a house and a golf ball are unbelievably tiny compared to the size of the Earth. The idea that you can shrink the Earth many thousands of times over and be able to feel a house parallels with our ability to feel micro imperfections on knife blades.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh! As in, should you be an outside observer, and grabbing the whole planet, you'd be able to feel houses on its surface if it were the size of a golf ball?

Presumably you'd feel like crushing under your fingers like the hairs on a kiwi lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It would be a lot more smoother, smoother than a marble. But thoose detection of micro imperfections might be possible

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

People without fingers, I guess

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

No, you feel a house. Think of how many houses you could feel at once #shrinkearthtoagolfball