Owen Morgan (Telltale)

If a proton was the size of an apple, a virus particle would be about the size of the earth.

A skin cell would be the size of two suns

Within the size comparison, we can’t see anything smaller than six suns

If we scaled it back down, the solar system would be about the size of a grapefruit

The largest hypergiant star would be the size of a golf ball

1 month ago | [YT] | 247



@LongJourneys

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Scales, fractals, how the Planck length makes values go crazy. I've been kind of wondering if reality itself is fractal, and that's why. Like...you get down to "our" fundamental length, and it just keeps going. Every discrete point in space may be the "start" of another universe at a smaller scale, and so on. Likewise, our universe might just be a "smaller" scale of a larger fractal. Scale in both directions for eternity. To me this even has a lot of implications for the nature of consciousness; some of which border on the woo. We know very little about our small slice of reality.

1 month ago | 5

@Spiritofthehero16

That actually does help me grasp the comparison very well

1 month ago | 3

@sas6761

You have a good brain, Owen.

1 month ago | 2

@caronaspri

If the sun was scaled down to the size of a white blood cell the milky way would be the size of the continental United States. Or so ive been told. Idk if thats true 😅

1 month ago (edited) | 2

@emilysigmund1255

Thats really neat! Thanks for posting!

1 month ago | 1

@HareRaisingRobot5

Interesting perspective, have you seen the twilight zone series? An episode shares an idea similar to this.

1 month ago | 3

@GoGoGoRunRunRun

Exactly the Information I needed today.

1 month ago | 0

@karl-niclas_burner

Size is everything.

1 month ago | 0

@planetluvver

Bacteria are smaller than skin cells. Since bacterial colonies can be seen with a light microscope, I think skin cells would likely be visible your comparison is off by a bit.

1 month ago | 1