Do Stars Outnumber the Sands of Earth's Beaches? (scientificamerican.com) 4 points by peterburkimsher 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] andrewstuart 1y ago ↗ The number of grains of sand on all the beaches on earth seems easy for the human mind to grasp.I thought the point was the universe is so huge you cannot grasp the numbers.Sure, there's lots of grains of sand on the beaches on earth but it seems a trivial number on universal scale.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 12.7 ms ] threadI thought the point was the universe is so huge you cannot grasp the numbers.
Sure, there's lots of grains of sand on the beaches on earth but it seems a trivial number on universal scale.