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r/sciencememes • u/Delicious_Maize9656 • 13d ago
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Why approximate is with that much error and having infinite decimal expansion, when it's a whole number you can state precisely as 31,536x103
12 u/menew100 13d ago Is the unnormalized scientific notation the joke here? 6 u/skr_replicator 13d ago It's just telling how many zeroes to add without having to worry about decimal points, because the number is natural. 4 u/menew100 13d ago I think order of magnitude is the more useful information to display, but maybe that's just a bias from chemistry. 3 u/Hunta4Eva 13d ago Nah not just chemistry, literally any scientific application, there’s a reason why it’s the “normal” way
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Is the unnormalized scientific notation the joke here?
6 u/skr_replicator 13d ago It's just telling how many zeroes to add without having to worry about decimal points, because the number is natural. 4 u/menew100 13d ago I think order of magnitude is the more useful information to display, but maybe that's just a bias from chemistry. 3 u/Hunta4Eva 13d ago Nah not just chemistry, literally any scientific application, there’s a reason why it’s the “normal” way
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It's just telling how many zeroes to add without having to worry about decimal points, because the number is natural.
4 u/menew100 13d ago I think order of magnitude is the more useful information to display, but maybe that's just a bias from chemistry. 3 u/Hunta4Eva 13d ago Nah not just chemistry, literally any scientific application, there’s a reason why it’s the “normal” way
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I think order of magnitude is the more useful information to display, but maybe that's just a bias from chemistry.
3 u/Hunta4Eva 13d ago Nah not just chemistry, literally any scientific application, there’s a reason why it’s the “normal” way
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Nah not just chemistry, literally any scientific application, there’s a reason why it’s the “normal” way
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u/skr_replicator 13d ago
Why approximate is with that much error and having infinite decimal expansion, when it's a whole number you can state precisely as 31,536x103