Skeptophilia

Fighting Gullibility with Sarcasm, 6 days a week

Showing posts with label units of measurement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label units of measurement. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Measure for measure

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In yesterday's post we looked at one bizarre human obsession, which is drawing lines all over the place and pretending they represent so...
Saturday, April 15, 2023

Egyptian light speed

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There's a claim I've now seen three times on social media stating that the ancient Egyptians knew the speed of light . This is prett...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Orders of magnitude

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Our minds tend to boggle when numbers get too large or too small. It's why we get in trouble talking about things like the national debt...
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Gordon Bonnet
I'm a fiction author and blogger who lives in the frozen wilds of Upstate New York. I am also an online writing coach/consultant -- ask if you want more details!
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