Innumeracy in public media today

  • #36
phinds said:
Possibly, but if so, I am sure it is fully explained in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
I looked. The answer is 42.
 
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  • #37
kuruman said:
Isn't 137 approximatey 1,876,900% of the fine structure constant's actual value?
Well, maybe.
 

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