{"id":13448,"date":"2020-06-09T07:40:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T14:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/?p=13448"},"modified":"2020-06-14T08:45:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T15:45:56","slug":"the-biggest-ideas-in-the-universe-12-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/09\/the-biggest-ideas-in-the-universe-12-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 12. Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After three videos in a row about quantum field theory, we bring things a bit more down to earth by talking about the sizes of things. Mostly about particles and atoms; the sizes of people and planets will have to come later.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 12. Scale\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_cm22AogSULg\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cm22AogSULg\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cm22AogSULg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H8M19S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-06-09T14:39:16Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_cm22AogSULg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cm22AogSULg\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 12. Scale<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cm22AogSULg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cm22AogSULg\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 12. Scale\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody. This is Idea #12, &quot;Scale.&quot; For something more down-to-Earth than the last couple of lectures, we think about why things have the size they do. This is a rich topic so we don&#039;t get very far into it, we&#039;ll have to return later! My web page: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/ My YouTube channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/seancarroll Mindscape podcast: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/podcast The Biggest Ideas playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrxfgDEc2NxZJcWcrxH3jyjUUrJlnoyzX Blog posts for the series: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/category\/biggest-ideas-in-the-universe\/ Background image: https:\/\/www.wallpaperflare.com\/blue-and-gold-digital-wallpaper-ball-shape-line-plexus-pattern-wallpaper-phve #science #physics #ideas #universe #learning #cosmology #philosophy #quantum #scaling\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here is the associated Q&amp;A video:<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;amp;A 12 - Scale\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_OGgQ4-Ak9ew\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/OGgQ4-Ak9ew\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OGgQ4-Ak9ew\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT47M43S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-06-14T15:44:22Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_OGgQ4-Ak9ew\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/OGgQ4-Ak9ew\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;A 12 - Scale<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OGgQ4-Ak9ew\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/OGgQ4-Ak9ew\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;amp;A 12 - Scale\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody. This is the Q&amp;A video for Idea #12, &quot;Scale.&quot; A handful of interesting questions about different kinds of elementary particles. Some known to exist, some completely hypothetical. My web page: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/ My YouTube channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/seancarroll Mindscape podcast: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/podcast The Biggest Ideas playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrxfgDEc2NxZJcWcrxH3jyjUUrJlnoyzX Blog posts for the series: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/category\/biggest-ideas-in-the-universe\/ Background image: https:\/\/www.wallpaperflare.com\/blue-and-gold-digital-wallpaper-ball-shape-line-plexus-pattern-wallpaper-phve #science #physics #ideas #universe #learning #cosmology #philosophy #quantum #scaling\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After three videos in a row about quantum field theory, we bring things a bit more down to earth by talking about the sizes of things. Mostly about particles and atoms; the sizes of people and planets will have to come later. 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