ChrisHibbert comments on Rationality Quotes October 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 01 October 2012 08:15:19PM 23 points [-]

… if anyone asks, I did not tell you it was ok to do math like this.

Comment author: ChrisHibbert 06 October 2012 06:06:16PM 1 point [-]

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.

Comment author: [deleted] 06 October 2012 06:43:30PM *  0 points [-]

Yeah, but the way he shows that the Avogadro number is approximately one trillion trillion is still hilarious (though it does work).