I’m as susceptible to confirmation bias as anybody, but I like the astrophysics approach.
Sun/earth/moon are an amazing system which I believe ought to be more important to regular people like me. Robin Heath wrote a nifty little book about it. Highly recommended,
Moon diameter is 1080 miles. Earth diameter is 3960 miles. Total is 5040 miles. Unlikely but true. Miles? WTF?
5040 is 7! That is: 1x2x3x4x5x6x7, or 7x8x9x10.
Plato made a big deal out of 5040, for good reason. (It has its own fascinating Wikipedia page) and he didn’t even know about a 5280 ft mile, but there it is. A funny little coincidence.
I’m as susceptible to confirmation bias as anybody, but I like the astrophysics approach.
Sun/earth/moon are an amazing system which I believe ought to be more important to regular people like me. Robin Heath wrote a nifty little book about it. Highly recommended,
Moon diameter is 1080 miles. Earth diameter is 3960 miles. Total is 5040 miles. Unlikely but true. Miles? WTF?
5040 is 7! That is: 1x2x3x4x5x6x7, or 7x8x9x10. Plato made a big deal out of 5040, for good reason. (It has its own fascinating Wikipedia page) and he didn’t even know about a 5280 ft mile, but there it is. A funny little coincidence.
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