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  Re: XKCD is amusing for once...  
From: Darren New
Date: 18 Nov 2008 15:20:29
Message: <4923238d$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Perhaps these theories only seem "bizarre" to us because we're used to 
> things which aren't exceptionally small or large? ;-)

I saw an interesting lecture (Carl Sagan, I think?) who pointed out that 
if we were the size of insects, we'd barely notice gravity and we'd be 
much more concerned about surface tension, for example.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)


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