• Subverb@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    There actually are more molocules of H2O in 10 drops of water than there are stars in the observable universe.

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      Optimists: the glass is half full

      Pessimists: this half empty glass of water has more molecules than there are stars in the observable universe; life is meaningless

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        “Observable universe” isn’t how much we can see, rather how much it is theoretically possible to observe by any physical means.

        I also don’t think that water drop fact is correct. The estimated number of stars in the observable universe is 10^24, which is about an order of magnitude more than 1 mol, and 1 mol of water is about 18g, which is quite a bit more than 10 drops.