How big is a grain of sand?

Question

In the philosophy of measurement, we use many indeffinite forms of measure such as vast, big, large, miniscule, etc. What determines these measurements?

When you compare, not only must you consider what is being compared, but who is doing it. To an ant, a grain of sand must appear huge.

Answer 1

uhm. confusing question. Sounds very philosophical and seems like everyone could have their own opinion, none being absolutely correct.

those words you used are only words. adjectives to be exact, and are not very definite, like "10 feet".
they are very subjective and their functionality depends on your perspective and where your subject is compared to everything around it.

They only work when compared to other objects.

Anyway. sand changes size, depending where and from what it was made. usually between 2 mm and 0.0625 mm
http://science.jrank.org/pages/6039/Sediment-Sedimentation-Sediment-size.html

Imagine a grain of sand so "large" it shared the same size of the world, yet not weighing anymore than grains of sand naturally do.

call that grain of sand the INTERNET and now you'll just think I'm crazy. Sorry, but not quite.
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/how-much-does-the-internet-weigh

so is the internet vast large small or just minuscule?

Answer 2

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How big is a grain of sand?
In the philosophy of measurement, we use many indeffinite forms of measure such as vast, big, large, miniscule, etc. What determines these measurements?

Answer 3

words determin this but what are words?who made them?how come?do we really need them?would we be better off without them?

Answer 4

as big as the universe