Fermi estimation is basically my new drug thanks to
Everybody should learn it. It’s not first principles thinking, it’s not analogical thinking, its not rational, post-rational, or meta-rational. It’s middle-out, mediocre, quantified shitpost thinking
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Here's the best one I know: What are the odds that in your last breath you inhaled a molecule of oxygen that's been in Einstein's lungs? Round to zero or one.
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Same here, really enjoying the course! I feel like memorising a bank of critical stats/eqns and being able to use them on demand is a super power.



