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    7 days ago

    There a more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water, than there are stars in the entire solar system.

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      6 days ago

      Told that joke to my daughter. Didn’t understand it. Fine, hydrogen, atoms molecules… thought one for a 10 y/o with no particular interest in science.

      But then I asked how many stars our solar system had.

      Answer: “I don’t know”

      Asked with emphasis on “our solar system”.

      Answer: “Infiite number of stars”

      Asked how many stars are in out living room

      Answer: “Zero”

      Asked how many stars are on our planet

      Answer: “Zero”

      Me thinking we are on track and that she understood the scoping error in her first assessment asking the original question again with emphasis on sun (in german its sonnensystem, I.e. sun system, so it makes sense)

      Answer: “Zero”

      Lovely seeing extrapolation in real live.