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JWST Detects the Earliest, Most Distant Galaxy in the Known Universe—And It’s Super Weird
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Size is relative and our perception of time (and the way we measure it) requires us to use numbers so large, most people can't really visualize at the scales we are talking about.
Off the top of your head, can you visualize how much space 10 billion apples would take up? Sure, you could calculate it, but it's likely not something you could instantly visualize in your head.
Honestly, I don't know how to solve for that problem.
More education tbh. Don’t see any other solution.
Being able to visualize how much space something needs only comes with experience, so as long ad you don't want students to work with 10b apple on a regular basis, education isn't really able to change this.
What’s your solution then?
As I said. The only way to be able to visualize extreme numbers of anything is, to work with extreme numbers of it, but this isn't a viable solution for everything.
So your answer is. Education. Got it.