Me: That doesn’t seem right. OH. Oh, I am stupid.
Not stupid. Our brain can just get tripped up sometimes and read what it expects to read instead of what’s really there. The sad part is that there are educated people in the US even today that would be surprised or even argue against you if you stated the other version (more atoms in a glass than in our galaxy). Our science education is woefully lacking now.
What blew me away that I learned not too long ago is the notion that if the galaxy was the size of the US, our solar system would be the size of a fingerprint. Try to even visualize that. (reference is the Epic Spaceman YT channel)
NGL our solar system being the size of a finger print is (somehow) bigger than I expected.
Another fun size thing I heard recently was that if an atom were the size of a football stadium then the nucleus would be the size of a pea.
The glass of water is a bit misleading. Your brain starts thinking about all the water molecules inside. That’s all.
That is a masterfully crafted mansplaining trap.
Chappeau.
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There is only one star in our solar system - the Sun.
Yes, the “if you don’t understand the joke” comment explains the joke. That’s the point.
I really need to read better, I still thought it said galaxy.
It’s 2 > 1, so correct two hydrogens versus one star: Sol
O sole mio!
What about celebrities?
There are more memes estimating the size of the universe than there are stars in the galaxy.
Solar system.
You’ll have to prove this one.
Petition to classify Pluto as a star
petition granted
We can just add it to Jupiter.
Even with the +200 other dwarf planets we wouldn’t get there.
Where is there? 2?
The statement of the post.
Dwarf planets wouldn’t change the equation
There are 2 hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water and there is 1 star in our entire solar system. 2>1.
If you have 2 stars, you’d have 2=2
- Number of hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water (H2O): 2
- Number of stars in our (ENTIRE) solar system: 1
That’s the joke.
Thanks, I never would have been able to understand 2>1 if you hadn’t written up that amazing power point slide.
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My autopilot brain kept skipping over molecule and missing the joke lol.
There are fewer hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are fingers on my hand.
Check and mate.
Also interesting: If you were to take your nerves out and lay them end on end you would die.
Actually interesting fact
Your height is closer in scale to a light second than the size of an atom. And yet atoms seem more approachable than light seconds. Fascinating stuff!
How do you define “closer” here? I’m about 1.8m removed from the size of an atom but well over 299 thousand kilometers from a light second.
orders of magnitude soz
physics causes brainrot and everything becomes OOM
You’re comparing them linearly, a comparison for which the statement is false.
The statement is true multiplicatively/logarithmically/unitarily.
Atomic radius is ~ 1e-10m
Light second is ~3e8m
Your height can be measured as 1.8e10 atomic radii.
A light second can be measured using only 1.7e8 humans who are 1.8m tall.
Does that help?
Ken M made a similar joke a while back right?
I have as many assholes as stars in our solar system, even though it seems like more to Lemmy.
I couldn’t find the clip, but first thing that came to mind was the StarTalk Live with Buzz Aldrin and John Hodgman.
Hodgman: “maybe they’ll find H 2 2 2 2 O!”
Edit: crap, I have to call myself out. I failed to read completely, thought the screenshotted poster accidentally changed one part of the comparison, instead of deliberately changing both parts. If the original was molecules in a cubic inch of water vs stars in the observable universe, I read this post as atoms in a molecule vs stars in the observable universe.
Apologies, I discovered I was a fool and was excited to share my discovery.
“You are technically correct, the best kind of correct.”
