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Water (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by sjmarf to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There actually are more molocules of H2O in 10 drops of water than there are stars in the observable universe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Optimists: the glass is half full

Pessimists: this half empty glass of water has more molecules than there are stars in the observable universe; life is meaningless

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think we can see much, now can we?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"Observable universe" isn't how much we can see, rather how much it is theoretically possible to observe by any physical means.

I also don't think that water drop fact is correct. The estimated number of stars in the observable universe is 10^24, which is about an order of magnitude more than 1 mol, and 1 mol of water is about 18g, which is quite a bit more than 10 drops.

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

Infinity beats both.

[–] MajorSauce 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but both of those measures are in the finite space.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

*finite amount of space