I can pick up a mole (animal) and throw it. Anything I can throw weighs one pound. One pound is one kilogram.
--Randal Munroe, A Mole of Moles
… if anyone asks, I did not tell you it was ok to do math like this.
It’s called “show, don’t tell”.
Did Munroe add that? It’s incorrect. There are lots of situations in which it’s reasonable to calculate while throwing away an occasional factor of 2.2.
Yeah, but the way he shows that the Avogadro number is approximately one trillion trillion is still hilarious (though it does work).
--Randal Munroe, A Mole of Moles
It’s called “show, don’t tell”.
Did Munroe add that? It’s incorrect. There are lots of situations in which it’s reasonable to calculate while throwing away an occasional factor of 2.2.
Yeah, but the way he shows that the Avogadro number is approximately one trillion trillion is still hilarious (though it does work).