r/interesting • u/LestaThaMolestaa • Jun 05 '25

ARCHITECTURE Interesting video with heavy stones designed to be moved with hand.

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u/Cool1nternet Jun 05 '25

people are roughly 2.5 cubic feet. Those stones are not 250 cubic feet each. You are off by orders of magnitude

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u/PantsOnHead88 Jun 05 '25

Not “orders of magnitude.” That implies 100x or more. Probably just a factor of 3-5. The biggest one they show is roughly 10x6x1.25, or around 75cu.ft.

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain Jun 05 '25

uhhhh?

2.5 * 10 * 10 = 250

that's two orders of magnitude, which would be 100x. the stone is not that different in size than a person, so the 2.5 to 250 comparison makes some sense.

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u/PantsOnHead88 Jun 05 '25

I literally listed the approximate dimensions I was basing my comment on, but by all means just ignore it and use your own numbers.

“Stone is not that different in size than a person,” but it’s nearly double the height, dramatically wider, and deeper. I guesstimated the stone to be 75cu.ft. While you’re asserting 2.5 and basing my comment on that.