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[[Megan]], a {{w|geologist}}, tells a story about how small the timespan of human history is compared to Earth's total history. She does this to juxtapose it with normal human time-scales, to imply that her being two weeks late turning in her project is immaterial by the standards of the Earth's tremendous age. She tries to sell this story to [[Cueball]] and [[Hairbun]], but Hairbun's response does not seem to bode well for Megan. | [[Megan]], a {{w|geologist}}, tells a story about how small the timespan of human history is compared to Earth's total history. She does this to juxtapose it with normal human time-scales, to imply that her being two weeks late turning in her project is immaterial by the standards of the Earth's tremendous age. She tries to sell this story to [[Cueball]] and [[Hairbun]], but Hairbun's response does not seem to bode well for Megan. | ||
− | Megan's delay of two weeks would map to | + | Megan's delay of two weeks would map to three nanometers on the football field. The most powerful {{w|electron microscopes}} have a magnification of ten million, which would make it look like three centimeters (about an inch), so her statement about it being "too small to see even with a powerful microscope" is a bit of an exaggeration. The most powerful <i>optical</i> microscope has 6500x magnification,([https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/science/08obscope.html New York Times, March 8, 2011]) which would indeed be inadequate. |
[[Randall]] states in the caption that this is a trick that geologists always try to use when being late turning something in. | [[Randall]] states in the caption that this is a trick that geologists always try to use when being late turning something in. |