Jeena@piefed.jeena.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoMillion seconds → ~11.6 days, how much is a billion?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareMillion seconds → ~11.6 days, how much is a billion?Jeena@piefed.jeena.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·3 days 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-up30·3 days ago“how much more is a billion than a million? About a billion”
minus-squareFleur_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 day ago1000 times. 1mm to 1m 1g to 1kg 1mL to 1L
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-23 days 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-up6·3 days agoIm sure we’re not designed for such massive massive massive numbers.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days 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”
1000 times.
1mm to 1m
1g to 1kg
1mL to 1L
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.