University of Miami College of Arts & Sciences: Researcher Addresses Why Big Numbers Boggle the Mind
September 26, 2020
September 26, 2020
CORAL GABLES, Florida, Sept. 26 (TNSRes) -- The University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences issued the following news:
As the numbers--for COVID-19, populations, net worth, jobless claims, people living in poverty--creep past five, then 10, and into the hundreds, thousands, millions, and billions, our 21st-century hearts and minds begin to cloud, befuddled by quantities with a meaning that seems almost to diminish to us as the numbers increase.
It's a nature thing, . . .
As the numbers--for COVID-19, populations, net worth, jobless claims, people living in poverty--creep past five, then 10, and into the hundreds, thousands, millions, and billions, our 21st-century hearts and minds begin to cloud, befuddled by quantities with a meaning that seems almost to diminish to us as the numbers increase.
It's a nature thing, . . .