#BigNumberology – the practice of trying to impress people by citing incomprehensibly large numbers.

#Analology – the related practice of trying to make a very large number understandable by converting it into another incomprehensibly large one in irrelevant but cuddlier units.

Notes:
(a) also applicable to very small numbers;
(b) am probably guilty of both offences more often than I’d like 😬

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/19/new-york-city-sinking-skyscrapers-climate-crisis

Draw a one centimetre square on your finger & hold it towards the Sun 👆

Now consider that some 60 billion neutrinos hit it every second, created by nuclear fusion in the solar core 500 seconds ago 🙀

Even if it’s nighttime & your finger has to point down through Earth’s surface – they don’t care 🙃

But if it makes you feel better, there are only about 2 solar neutrinos in each cubic centimetre of you at any given instant 🤷‍♂️

Well, plus another 300 from the Big Bang 😬

#Astrodon #BigNumberology