How could I not have known that there are little things the size of 'Planck length' in the universe, which are a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a centimeter? Imagine if you dropped one in a dark theater how hard it would be to find.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker questions the comprehensibility of scientific facts by using scale comparisons.
- In plain terms
- He asks how we can know about tiny particles if they are so hard to find.
- What can you take from it?
- Scientific facts can seem impossible to visualize.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you understand something you cannot see?
- How do we know tiny things exist?
Another view
Science relies on data not just sensory verification.
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