Which is bigger, the surface area of an armadillo or the energy released by an atomic bomb blast?

Answer 1

Those are measured in different kinds of units. Not really ansewer-able.

Answer 2

This is a trick question and it can't be answered.

At first glance the armadillo's surface area would seem to be smaller than the energy released in an atomic bomb, but which units are you using?

If you measure the armadillo's surface area in nanometers and you measure the atomic bomb blast in tons of TNT then the armadillo's surface area will be larger. If you measure the armadillo's surface area in square yards and the atomic bomb blast in BTUs (British Thermal Units a measurement of heat for heaters and air conditioners) then the atomic bomb blast will be larger than the armadillo's surface area. I can fool with the numbers all day and come up with as many results as there are systems of measurement.

Comparing the surface area of an animal with the energy released by an atomic bomb is like trying to compare the planet Pluto with your sister. I don't care how old or how fat you may think she is she isn't as old as or as large as Pluto. But, then she is a recognized member of your family, and Pluto was just booted out of its family. But, has that actually changed the planet itself any? Your sister has a higher mean temperature and has a larger knowledge and understanding of life than Pluto has. But then how can a piece of rock understand anything? Your sister is composed of different elements and molecules than a planet, but if you compare her composition to Pluto then the planet probably has more trace elements than your sister has major elements. But those elements and chemicals are just that, your sister is alive (or she was). How can you compare a planet to a life? Which is more valuable, which is more important, which do you care more about?

A system of units describes the measurement; if you ignore the units then the measurements are just random numbers. You can no more compare items that are measured by completely different units than you can compare a line to a square or a square to a cube. A line is only one dimensional, a square has two dimensions, and a cube has 3 dimensions. You need to recognize and understand that dimension to understand what is going on. A line is to a square as a cube is to a tessaract. A tessaract is an imaginary 4 dimensional shape, since you are not a 4 dimensional creature you can’t understand a 4 dimensional shape, you can only understand the 3 dimensional aspects of it.

Your question makes as much sense as gargling gargoyles. Once you tell me how you can gargle a gargoyle or how a gargoyle can gargle you then I might be able to find an answer to your question.

Answer 3

equal