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The cosmologist is probably using Fermi's a la [https://what-if.xkcd.com/84/ What-If 84: Paint the Earth][[User:OhFFS|OhFFS]] ([[User talk:OhFFS|talk]]) 20:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 
The cosmologist is probably using Fermi's a la [https://what-if.xkcd.com/84/ What-If 84: Paint the Earth][[User:OhFFS|OhFFS]] ([[User talk:OhFFS|talk]]) 20:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
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As a physics Phd (though not working in astrophysics), approximating pi to 1 is not all that bad. Especially when the measurable quantities that go into the calculation usually have huge error bars.--[[Special:Contributions/172.68.59.120|172.68.59.120]] 21:03, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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The cosmologist is probably using Fermi's a la What-If 84: Paint the EarthOhFFS (talk) 20:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

As a physics Phd (though not working in astrophysics), approximating pi to 1 is not all that bad. Especially when the measurable quantities that go into the calculation usually have huge error bars.--172.68.59.120 21:03, 20 September 2019 (UTC)