Today’s quote comes courtesy of The Big Picture:
“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number.
But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit!
We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.”
-Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988)
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Great quote! And the gentleman died in 1988. We haven’t learned our lesson yet.
Remember when “economical” meant thrifty?