▲ 477 ▼ Order of magnitude is a hell of a drug (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by Gustephan@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments Meme of two women fighting while a man smokes from a pipe in the background. The women fighting are labeled "mathematicians defining pi" and "engineers just using 3 because it's within tolerance" The man smoking is labeled "astrophysicists" and the pipe is labeled "pi = 1"
[+] SARGE@startrek.website 156 points 1 year ago (11 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago 10 digits gets the diameter of the earth to within an inch. Put another way, 10 digits means that your error will be caused by your imprecise model of the Earth's shape, rather than imprecision in the value of pi. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zkuld@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (4 children) And just two digits introduces less error than your average terrible model permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children) Wow, what do you have against models? I mean, I know that the trope is that they aren't very smart, but the same trope applies to firemen, so why pick on models? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Zkuld@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago old man voice this must be that ragebait thing the youngsters are always talking about permalink fedilink source parent [–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Firemen are way hotter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hule@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Well, when they're burning.. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) out of curiosity... does that first fact account for the continued expansion of the universe? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] Gustephan@lemmy.world [S] 9 points 1 year ago The real comment mvp. You deserve every positive vote my post got permalink fedilink source parent [–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Thank you O'Brian! I hope you have finally done the DTR with Bashir... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Abrinoxus@lemmy.today 1 point 1 year ago Earth is shaped like potatoe pi accounts for that?? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago 10 digits gets the diameter of the earth to within an inch. Put another way, 10 digits means that your error will be caused by your imprecise model of the Earth's shape, rather than imprecision in the value of pi. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zkuld@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (4 children) And just two digits introduces less error than your average terrible model permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children) Wow, what do you have against models? I mean, I know that the trope is that they aren't very smart, but the same trope applies to firemen, so why pick on models? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Zkuld@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago old man voice this must be that ragebait thing the youngsters are always talking about permalink fedilink source parent [–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Firemen are way hotter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hule@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Well, when they're burning.. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children) Wow, what do you have against models? I mean, I know that the trope is that they aren't very smart, but the same trope applies to firemen, so why pick on models? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Zkuld@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago old man voice this must be that ragebait thing the youngsters are always talking about permalink fedilink source parent [–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Firemen are way hotter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hule@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Well, when they're burning.. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zkuld@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago old man voice this must be that ragebait thing the youngsters are always talking about permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Firemen are way hotter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hule@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Well, when they're burning.. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hule@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Well, when they're burning.. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) out of curiosity... does that first fact account for the continued expansion of the universe? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Gustephan@lemmy.world [S] 9 points 1 year ago The real comment mvp. You deserve every positive vote my post got permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Thank you O'Brian! I hope you have finally done the DTR with Bashir... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Abrinoxus@lemmy.today 1 point 1 year ago Earth is shaped like potatoe pi accounts for that?? permalink fedilink source parent