Comments on: We are mostly nothing! http://tracksuitceo.com/2007/12/31/we-are-mostly-nothing/ Mastering the Universe - In Your Tracksuit Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:57:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Metzae http://tracksuitceo.com/2007/12/31/we-are-mostly-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Metzae Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:41:59 +0000 http://metzaemedia.com/tracksuitceocom/2007/12/31/we-are-mostly-nothing/#comment-168 Everything is made to scale with the electron (being the smallest at 1 pixel). The spacer graphic is a single pixel that has been made transparent. I stretched it to fill the distance between the electron and the proton. The invisible graphic, which is actually 1 pixel wide and 1 pixel tall, is still 1 pixel wide, but now it's 50,000,000 pixels tall! It's almost unfathomable how big that is, even if you fully understand the math behind it. That's because our brains aren't wired for concepts that large. The best most of us can do is create things like the images above to help us conceptualize it. Everything is made to scale with the electron (being the smallest at 1 pixel). The spacer graphic is a single pixel that has been made transparent. I stretched it to fill the distance between the electron and the proton. The invisible graphic, which is actually 1 pixel wide and 1 pixel tall, is still 1 pixel wide, but now it’s 50,000,000 pixels tall!

It’s almost unfathomable how big that is, even if you fully understand the math behind it. That’s because our brains aren’t wired for concepts that large. The best most of us can do is create things like the images above to help us conceptualize it.

]]> By: TrackSuit CEO http://tracksuitceo.com/2007/12/31/we-are-mostly-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-167 TrackSuit CEO Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:28:19 +0000 http://metzaemedia.com/tracksuitceocom/2007/12/31/we-are-mostly-nothing/#comment-167 How did you even format this thing? Nice visual! How did you even format this thing? Nice visual!

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