[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Radiolab: What is the most average size thing

Sun Dec 29 18:33:16 PST 2024

It is a link to a search, not a video. It does not work for me either 
(Firefox, Window 11).

Peter

On 12/29/2024 9:28 PM, Robert Primak via LCTG wrote:
> That link doesn't work in the Chromium web browser.
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
>
> On Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 09:18:05 PM EST, <jjrudy1 at comcast.net> 
> wrote:
>
>
> There was an interesting video made more than a decade ago that looked 
> at, as I recall, size.  It started with a person, and then grew, piece 
> by pice one order of magnitude to show what things are like at 
> different scales.  Then it did the same thing backwards by 1/10 at s 
> time.  I recall us showing the video at the club a long time ago.  
> Cannot recall what it was called.
>
> See this video 
> https://www.google.com/search?q=video+progressively+making+units+biggr+by+a+factor+of+10&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1116US1116&oq=video+progressively+making+units+biggr+by+a+factor+of+10&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQIRgKGKABMgkIAhAhGAoYoAEyCQgDECEYChigATIHCAQQIRirAjIHCAUQIRiPAtIBCTI1MDgyajBqN6gCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f8c8d350,vid:0fKBhvDjuy0,st:0 
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=video+progressively+making+units+biggr+by+a+factor+of+10&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1116US1116&oq=video+progressively+making+units+biggr+by+a+factor+of+10&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQIRgKGKABMgkIAhAhGAoYoAEyCQgDECEYChigATIHCAQQIRirAjIHCAUQIRiPAtIBCTI1MDgyajBqN6gCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f8c8d350,vid:0fKBhvDjuy0,st:0>
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> *From:*LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net at lists.toku.us> *On 
> Behalf Of *Robert Primak via LCTG
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 29, 2024 8:47 PM
> *To:* Lexington Computer and Technology Group <lctg at lists.toku.us>; 
> Peter Albin <palbin24 at yahoo.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Radiolab: What is the 
> most average size thing
>
> I agree about the second part being of a nonscientific interest. But 
> nonetheless, of some interest, I think. (Not to our group for meeting 
> purposes, of course.)
>
> The first part is interesting from a technology point of view. The 
> engineers in our group are always talking about doing "back of the 
> envelope" estimates of stuff, and that's exactly what this segment was 
> about. As with all such estimates, certain assumptions had to be made.
>
> I was curious about why the idea of the Universe being 10^93 meters 
> across (based on Cosmic Inflation, not the farthest that light has 
> ever traveled) was rejected out of hand. That would have made the 
> estimate orders of magnitude bigger. But the use of the Planck 
> Distance does seem reasonable, because below that size the fabric of 
> space-time seems not to be measurable as a distance.
>
> Interestingly enough, at least a couple of sets of their assumptions 
> led to the same result, but that might have been confirmation bias.
>
> Too bad this isn't a video, because that would make it more useful for 
> a meeting. But maybe someone in the group who is much better at math 
> than I am might try to develop a slide show based on these estimates, 
> and explain where some of the assumptions may have come from.
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
> On Saturday, December 28, 2024 at 09:05:16 PM EST, Peter Albin via 
> LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
>
> Listen to the first half of this Radiolab podcast (~30 min) to answer
>
> the question:
>
> "First, after graduating from high school, without a clear plan for what
>
> to do next, Laura Andrews started asking herself a lot of questions. A
>
> spiral of big philosophical thoughts that led her to sit down and write
>
> to us with a question that was… oddly mathematical.  What is the most
>
> average size thing, if you take into account everything in the universe.
>
> So, along with mathematician Steven Strogatz, we decided to see if we
>
> could sit down and, in a friendly throwdown of guesstimates and quick
>
> calculations, rough out an answer. "
>
> http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/average-show/
>
> If you are curious, the second segment ( specific moment in history when
>
> the world tried to find the "average" human body) is also interesting,
>
> though, less scientific!
>
> Peter
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