polymathwannabe comments on July 2014 Media Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 24 July 2014 04:18:28AM 2 points [-]

The What if? section of the webcomic XKCD displays excellent examples of using science to answer bizarre trivia questions. In this episode, a Fermi estimation of ink molecules:

http://what-if.xkcd.com/106/