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Pointless theoretical estimation question re: ants
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:02 pm
How many ants do you think have ever lived?
Yes, yes, a lot. Thanks.
I would guess 50 quadrillion.
Yes, yes, a lot. Thanks.
I would guess 50 quadrillion.
17
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:02 pm to BigEdLSU
69
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:02 pm to BigEdLSU
$Texas
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:03 pm to BigEdLSU
288
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:03 pm to Peazey
Tree fiddy
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:03 pm to JumpingTheShark
eleventy billion
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:04 pm to BigEdLSU
Infinity
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:06 pm to BigEdLSU
This gets you close to the answer you are looking for:
If you take the mass of all the humans in the world, and the mass of all the ants in the world, the mass would be the same.
If you take the mass of all the humans in the world, and the mass of all the ants in the world, the mass would be the same.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:08 pm to Pectus
I'd rather know how many have died.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:10 pm to Walt OReilly
quote:+1
Infinity
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:13 pm to BigEdLSU
More than a hundred probably
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:13 pm to BigEdLSU
A googol.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:20 pm to PrivatePublic
Suppose there are 100,000,000,000,000,000 ants alive now.
The lifespan of an ant is say 4 weeks. So that times 12 months is 12 with 15 zeros times 20 billion years is 12 with 35 zero.
That's the best I've got.
The lifespan of an ant is say 4 weeks. So that times 12 months is 12 with 15 zeros times 20 billion years is 12 with 35 zero.
That's the best I've got.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:25 pm to Purple Spoon
quote:
times 20 billion years
You lost me.
The Earth is only 4.6 billion years old. Plus, scientists estimate that ants are only about 92 million years-old.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:28 pm to saint amant steve
You'd have to know how long they have been as dominant as they are today. How widespread were they? Did ice ages severely reduce their numbers multiple times?
One wonders
One wonders
Posted on 6/17/16 at 6:28 pm to BigEdLSU
51 quadrillion
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:08 pm to BigEdLSU
I don't know but frick ants. Fire ants in particular.
This post was edited on 6/17/16 at 7:11 pm
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:20 pm to saint amant steve
Dinosours were alive 200 million plus years ago. I would think ants have been around a he'll of a lot longer than dinos. You are correct about the age of earth though.
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:22 pm to BigEdLSU
I'm going to go with n ants.
1 < n < Infinity
Where n equals the total number of ants which have ever existed on the Earth.
1 < n < Infinity
Where n equals the total number of ants which have ever existed on the Earth.
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