Sci-fi Authors have no sense of Scale

[ArneHD]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale

I found it hilarious.

 

[Perfection]

I found it boring

 

[Catharsis]

3000th thread in Humour and Jokes

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I love that site.

 

[Izipo]

Thanks, the whole site is great. (just lost 2 hours of my life)

 

[puglover]

TvTropes is wonderful.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

It's true though; even if they can grasp that light years are a unit of distance, not time, they still don't really get how incredibly huge one is.

 

[Maniacal]

It's true though; even if they can grasp that light years are a unit of distance, not time, they still don't really get how incredibly huge one is.

I don't think any human really can, at least, not currently, we all know it's freaking huge, but we can't really compare it to daily measurements since Earth is but a speck.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Yes, but at least even if we don't understand or comprehend it in our minds, it isn't that hard to do the math.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

I like watching the cosmic zoom on Youtube. It helps to just give you an idea, but you still don't truly comprehend it.