Difference between revisions of "Talk:3079: Air Fact"
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:{{citation_needed}}[[Special:Contributions/172.68.174.138|172.68.174.138]] 15:52, 21 April 2025 (UTC) | :{{citation_needed}}[[Special:Contributions/172.68.174.138|172.68.174.138]] 15:52, 21 April 2025 (UTC) | ||
| β | :This is one of those factoids like "Over 5% of the population has an above average number of fingers." [[Special:Contributions/172.68.245.136|172.68.245.136]] 16:16, 21 April 2025 (UTC) | + | :This is one of those factoids like "Over 5% of the population has an above average number of fingers." |
| + | [[Special:Contributions/172.68.245.136|172.68.245.136]] 16:16, 21 April 2025 (UTC) | ||
| + | :I don't really get the way the title text is written. Why is "so many ants" assumed to be a small number, like the number of spiders? [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 17:47, 21 April 2025 (UTC) | ||
The term "microscopic ants" supposedly refers to viruses and other microorganisms, not actual tiny ants. The actual concentration of airborne germs is pretty much in that ballpark, so it's not about sampling bias, it's about framing. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.103.36|162.158.103.36]] 17:00, 21 April 2025 (UTC) | The term "microscopic ants" supposedly refers to viruses and other microorganisms, not actual tiny ants. The actual concentration of airborne germs is pretty much in that ballpark, so it's not about sampling bias, it's about framing. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.103.36|162.158.103.36]] 17:00, 21 April 2025 (UTC) | ||
| + | :There isn't even such a thing as a "microscopic ant". The smallest ant species is 0.8mm long. That's tiny, but easily visible without aid. And if there were 10,000 of them in a cubic meter of air, you'd notice. It would be like walking through a thick swarm of gnats. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 17:47, 21 April 2025 (UTC) | ||
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average person eats 3 spiders a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been countedβ 172.68.7.184 15:19, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
- π₯π₯π₯π₯ Broseph (talk) 15:26, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
- [citation needed]172.68.174.138 15:52, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
- This is one of those factoids like "Over 5% of the population has an above average number of fingers."
172.68.245.136 16:16, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
- I don't really get the way the title text is written. Why is "so many ants" assumed to be a small number, like the number of spiders? Barmar (talk) 17:47, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
The term "microscopic ants" supposedly refers to viruses and other microorganisms, not actual tiny ants. The actual concentration of airborne germs is pretty much in that ballpark, so it's not about sampling bias, it's about framing. 162.158.103.36 17:00, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
- There isn't even such a thing as a "microscopic ant". The smallest ant species is 0.8mm long. That's tiny, but easily visible without aid. And if there were 10,000 of them in a cubic meter of air, you'd notice. It would be like walking through a thick swarm of gnats. Barmar (talk) 17:47, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
