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Size of Life

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2536 points eatonphil | 1 comments | 10 Dec 25 16:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.379s | source
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jphoward ◴[10 Dec 25 16:33 UTC] No.46219833[source]▶
It seems to be like some of the scales slightly off?

If you are looking at the ladybird (ladybug) with the amoeba to the left, the amoeba isn't an order of the magnitude smaller - it would actually be visible by the human eye (bigger than a grain of sand)? Indeed, the amoeba seems the same size as the ladybird's foot?

Similarly, this makes the bumblebee appear smaller than a human finger (the in the adjacent picture), which isn't the case?

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prmph ◴[10 Dec 25 20:08 UTC] No.46223021[source]▶
Cool visualization, but I also noticed the switch from SI units to imperial. From micrometers to inches, which was jarring and hard for me to compare.

I'd suggest keeping the SI unit , or at least having both once we get to the level of inches.

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1. s1mon ◴[10 Dec 25 20:48 UTC] No.46223604[source]▶
I found that jarring as well. There's a toggle in the upper right to switch to metric.

Even with setting it to metric, it progresses through units based on the scale. I realize that scientists love to work in scientific notation, and progressing from nanometers to micrometers, mm, cm, and finally meters sort of follows that kind of logic. I wonder how it would feel if the whole thing was in constant units or at least there was an option for that.