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Dirty Sanchez;4345959 said:
Wtf!!!!!!
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Dirty Sanchez;4345959 said:
fiat_money;4346151 said:Only the illiterate complain.
Actions speak louder than words bruh.BiblicalAtheist;4346165 said:fiat_money;4346151 said:Only the illiterate complain.
Fiat, that shit was wack.... especially for you.
Damn, perhaps I should have used "functionally illiterate" instead.BiblicalAtheist;4346197 said:Illiteracy... on message board....
that made no Fiat sense at all.
Yes my eye, block away.
fiat_money;1838349 said:So I'll call bullshit here, for a few reasons in fact. Firstly, they have no way of knowing the number of stars in the universe.anthony7q;1837236 said:Taken from Black Roots Science E-Book
There are 125 billion trillion trillion atoms in the earth.
How many stars are there in the universe?
125 billion trillion trillion...
Secondly, the usage of "billion trillion trillion" pretty much shows they are not familiar with scientific notation, or that this is not a true scientific publication. Instead of saying "billion trillion trillion", they could've said "decillion" or "10^33". They likely used it because it sounds like a big number.
But thirdly, and most importantly, they clearly have a limited knowledge of molecular science to say there's only 125,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 1.25x10^35 or 125 decillion atoms in the Earth.
However I won't just say that, I'll show it.
This example will use the known capacity of oil tankers to determine if "1.25x10^35" accurately represents the number of atoms in the Earth -
The minimum tonnage of a typical ULCC tanker is 320,000 tonnes. ULCC tankers actually hold up to 550,000 tonnes, but since part of that value accounts for non-oil weight, I'll use the minimum amount to be conservative. One tonne is 1000 kg, which is 1000000 grams. Therefore the typical minimum tonnage is 3.2x10^11 grams of oil. So for these calculations "T" will equal 3.2x10^11.
On average, oil is composed of 85% carbon, 12% hydrogen, 1.05% nitrogen, 0.8% oxygen, 0.55% sulfur, and less than 0.1% metal. These values will be represented by "P/100", or the percent divided by 100.
To calculate the number of atoms per mass of a substance, we use Avogrado's number (which is 6.022x10^23) and the Atomic Weight (which varies by element). The atomic weights of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur are 12.011, 1.008, 14.007, 15.999, and 32.06, respectively. These will be represented as "A" and "W". Metal will be excluded because it is both vague and will add a nominal amount of atoms to the overall total.
So, to recap:
T=3.2x10^11 grams
A=6.022x10^23
P/100 is the average percentage of an element in crude oil
W is the atomic weight of an element
N will be the number of atoms
The formula for calculating the number (N) of atoms in a mass (M) of an element is "(M/W)*A=N". In this case, M is equal to T, so the formula becomes:
(T/W)*A=N
When allowing the percentage to vary, the formula becomes:
(T/W)*A*P/100=N
When substituting the constants, the formula becomes:
((3.2x10^11)/W)*6.022x10^23*P/100=N
The final formula is derived by multiplying the constants:
((1.92704x10^35)/W)*P/100=N
Using this formula, it is calculated that, in average crude oil, there are:
1.36736575x10^34 atoms of Carbon
2.294095238x10^34 atoms of Hydrogen
1.444557721x10^32 atoms of Nitrogen
9.63580223x10^31 atoms of Oxygen
3.305901435x10^31 atoms of Sulfur
When adding them all together, the value is 36888482688749998271359957583527936 or 3.688848268874999827135995758352793x10^34.
Finally, when dividing the proposed number of atoms in the entire Earth by the number of atoms in the oil held by a typical ULCC tanker, the expression is:
(1.25x10^35)/(3.688848268874999827135995758352793x10^34)=3.388591528
From this, we can conclude that 4 ULCC tankers filled with oil carry more atoms than the amount of atoms in the entire Earth.
This, of course, is impossible. Thus, based on the first line alone, the "Black Roots Science E-Book" is bullshit.