Jeena@piefed.jeena.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMillion seconds → ~11.6 days, how much is a billion?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareMillion seconds → ~11.6 days, how much is a billion?Jeena@piefed.jeena.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·1 day agoNo matter how many ways I see it represented, I still can’t truly grasp how much more a billion is compared to a million. And I suspect most people are in that same boat.
minus-squareFrostyTheDoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 day ago“how much more is a billion than a million? About a billion”
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 day agoI think that time is probably the most relatable and human scaled for million to billion, but even that goes out if scale between billion and trillion
minus-squareyermaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoIm sure we’re not designed for such massive massive massive numbers.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoTry sand next time. You can see individual grains, and you’ve walked on a beach. These experiences should give you some intuition.
No matter how many ways I see it represented, I still can’t truly grasp how much more a billion is compared to a million. And I suspect most people are in that same boat.
“how much more is a billion than a million? About a billion”
I think that time is probably the most relatable and human scaled for million to billion, but even that goes out if scale between billion and trillion
Im sure we’re not designed for such massive massive massive numbers.
Try sand next time. You can see individual grains, and you’ve walked on a beach. These experiences should give you some intuition.