I had (almost) exactly the same question when I saw this, and then did find that both Guardian and BBC had in fact covered this. Lost in the chaos, I guess...
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I had (almost) exactly the same question when I saw this, and then did find that both Guardian and BBC had in fact covered this. Lost in the chaos, I guess...
Best thing I’ve read in ages, thank you!
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Best thing I’ve read in ages, thank you!
"There's a story that someone ran into an old physicist at a conference and asked him "How's your wife?" To which the physicist replied "Compared to what?""
October 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"There's a story that someone ran into an old physicist at a conference and asked him "How's your wife?" To which the physicist replied "Compared to what?""
My bad – Planck mass isn't at all what I thought it was, and that value is correct! Apparently it's just a coincidence it feels "macroscopic" to us (and hence confusing to me :)
www.quora.com/Why-is-Planc...
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Why is Planck mass ordinary and human-scale at 0.02 milligrams while all other Planck units (like Planck time and Planck temperature) are...
Answer (1 of 8):
> Why is Planck Mass ordinary and human-scale at 0.02 milligrams while all of the other Planck units like Planck time and Planck temperature are very extreme?
False premises: the Pla...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My bad – Planck mass isn't at all what I thought it was, and that value is correct! Apparently it's just a coincidence it feels "macroscopic" to us (and hence confusing to me :)
www.quora.com/Why-is-Planc...
www.quora.com/Why-is-Planc...
So it's the heaviest point mass allowed by general relativity. The familiarity to us of the value is a coincidence.
www.quora.com/Why-is-Planc...
www.quora.com/Why-is-Planc...
Why is Planck mass ordinary and human-scale at 0.02 milligrams while all other Planck units (like Planck time and Planck temperature) are...
Answer (1 of 8):
> Why is Planck Mass ordinary and human-scale at 0.02 milligrams while all of the other Planck units like Planck time and Planck temperature are very extreme?
False premises: the Pla...
www.quora.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So it's the heaviest point mass allowed by general relativity. The familiarity to us of the value is a coincidence.
www.quora.com/Why-is-Planc...
www.quora.com/Why-is-Planc...
Ohh snap – Planck mass isn't at all what I was thinking it is, 0.02 mg is roughly correct!
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_...
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_...
Planck mass - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ohh snap – Planck mass isn't at all what I was thinking it is, 0.02 mg is roughly correct!
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_...
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_...
Apprently they’ve also redefined Planck mass :D
“In Feynman’s proposal, an object of Planck mass (0.02 mg) is placed in a quantum superposition of two locations before interacting gravitationally with another mass”
“In Feynman’s proposal, an object of Planck mass (0.02 mg) is placed in a quantum superposition of two locations before interacting gravitationally with another mass”
October 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Apprently they’ve also redefined Planck mass :D
“In Feynman’s proposal, an object of Planck mass (0.02 mg) is placed in a quantum superposition of two locations before interacting gravitationally with another mass”
“In Feynman’s proposal, an object of Planck mass (0.02 mg) is placed in a quantum superposition of two locations before interacting gravitationally with another mass”