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[Thread] Mental Math (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That seems wildly unnecessary. I can already feel houses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours 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?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

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] 7 points 5 hours ago

People without fingers, I guess