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tczMUFlmoNkyesterday at 4:59 PM1 replyview on HN

When we're talking scales like 10^-23, "one" and "one sixth" are comparable enough to warrant an "approximately".


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idiotsecantyesterday at 5:23 PM

I'm not sure! One is just barely within human scale and one isn't. I think I could feel the impact of a mosquito on a sufficiently sensitive patch of skin. I'm not sure I could do the same with one sixth of a mosquito. Its like the difference between something I can lift (100 lb) and something I definitely cannot lift (600lb)

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