True, but hard to believe.

[Speicher]

As I get older my eyesight is not as good as it was. However it is much easier to see through people and their motives.

 

[Chris S]

Solid matter is mostly empty space.

There are more possible moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe. It's mostly empty space as well.

 

[All uphill]

There are more possible moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe. It's mostly empty space as well.

Definitely mind-bending, that.

 

[Beebo]

Don’t we already have a thread about these sort of things?
Real True facts.

 

[raleighnut]

I'd post something but it would probably be 'Political' and therefore deleted so take this as a 'placeholder' for the thread

 

[wiggydiggy]

Don’t we already have a thread about these sort of things?
Real True facts.

I find it hard to believe a CC member does not search for similar threads before starting a new one

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Man’s inhumanity to man, and the world’s willingness to turn a blind eye to it.

 

[Gillstay]

That many people are still ignoring or believing they don't need to do anything about global warming.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The scale of the Universe


View: https://youtu.be/Lsim6FYtXSw

 

[figbat]

There are more atoms of hydrogen in a molecule of water than there are stars in the entire solar system.

 

[Beebo]

There are more atoms of hydrogen in a molecule of water than there are stars in the entire solar system.

There are more burger patties in a big mac than stars in the solar system.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Most quantum physics seems completely counter intuitive.

True
I'm just re-reading Michael Crichtons book Timeline on meal-breaks at work, it's explained, but still seems so weird
It's also referred to in (Bill Brysons) A Short History Of Nearly Everything

 

[markemark]

True
I'm just re-reading Michael Crichtons book Timeline on meal-breaks at work, it's explained, but still seems so weird
It's also referred to in (Bill Brysons) A Short History Of Nearly Everything

I have heard some scientists say that it has to be nonsense but every experiment they do to show it is nonsense demonstrates that quantum physics and all its apparent contradictions and bizarre aspects is real.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I have heard some scientists say that it has to be nonsense but every experiment they do to show it is nonsense demonstrates that quantum physics and all its apparent contradictions and bizarre aspects is real.

“If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics.”

Allegedly Richard Feynmann

 

[Gunk]

Nutella buys around 25% of the world's hazelnuts