Gork@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoThat's a big burgerfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1767arrow-down119
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minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI know human perception is logarithmic. I’m interested why it was thought it was 7x brighter. “Sevenfold as the seven days in one” it seems?
minus-squareMadLegoChemist@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI didn’t know about logarithmic perception, that’s interesting! I bet you’re right about 7x being chosen due to the significance of the number seven in the Bible.
minus-squarevala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI think sevenfold means n^7 not n*7.
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agohttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/sevenfold n*7
I know human perception is logarithmic. I’m interested why it was thought it was 7x brighter. “Sevenfold as the seven days in one” it seems?
I didn’t know about logarithmic perception, that’s interesting! I bet you’re right about 7x being chosen due to the significance of the number seven in the Bible.
I think sevenfold means
n^7notn*7.https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/sevenfold
n*7