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That's not how exponential decay works

I can't make an eighth right now

' =Essentially equivalent of 1/8 sunglasses

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Which would mean this^ is about 1/16

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^that works I guess

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^And I think that's about where we hit atom sized... unless there's 0 pt font

^ Done.

Well that was fun....

You can't divide by 2 a finite amount of times and reach 0. Did Elb just divide by 2 infinite times?

You can't divide by 2 a finite amount of times and reach 0. Did Elb just divide by 2 infinite times?

This is real life, not math. With real-life exponential decay, everything is based on probabilities; the dot could have easily disappeared at any time, at any place.

TL;DR: rounding error

You can't divide by 2 a finite amount of times and reach 0. Did Elb just divide by 2 infinite times?

This is real life, not math. With real-life exponential decay, everything is based on probabilities; the dot could have easily disappeared at any time, at any place.

TL;DR: rounding error

^^And it is this notion of probabilities that makes Physics far nicer than pure mathematics

(Then again I might be biased...)