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[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 48 points 8 months ago (3 children)

That white box seems waaaay too big to me.

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 19 points 8 months ago

I thought so too, but its log scale, so who knows.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 8 months ago

Also remember that the longest distance you've ever traveled is an unknown quantity but guaranteed to be huge, since the earth itself is careening through space

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Maybe it counts what we’ve explored via telescopes? Like, JWST can look far back at specific things and all-sky surveys only look so far.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 45 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago (2 children)

With only two numbers written down we technically don't know whether it's linear or log

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Couldn't one figure it out based on the box being signed slightly to the left of and above center?

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean yeah, with prior knowledge of/ intuition for the data. Which in general shouldn't be presumed when presenting a graph. But I'm being nit picky

[–] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

That’s not being nit picky at all in my opinion. The chart is objectively terrible. I’d be Reviewer Number 2 on this one.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If its linear the Human Experience is located around -5*10^22s - -3*10^22s and 3*10^25m - 6*10^25m (whatever that would even be supposed to mean).

Doesnt seem right to me. But yes, technically youre right

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But don't we all want to experience 10^26 m?

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

JWST has some pictures of it

[–] Acters@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Some are looking at 10^-15 for the answers too

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I was expecting something a little more circular, tbh.

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So a box means that the duration of time doesn't affect the lengths we can perceive, and the sizes don't affect the duration of time we can observe something.

A circle would imply that the amount of time we perceive something affects the scales we can perceive, and most weirdly of all, vice-versa.

[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

The circle sounds like a really interesting—if mind-bending—science fiction book. If it was written well enough I'd give it a shot, even if I can't intuit what's going on.

Like the dot of the i of Jeremy Bearimy?

[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I was thinking maybe donut-shaped

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago

B-b-but, surely things so small or far away could never impact us!? (/s :-P)

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

i’ll take this over the universe cone thing