On relativity.

[We are at the park. P is on the swings by herself – I am standing around, basically useless now that I only have to push once every minute or so.]

Mummy!

Yes?

You know how big a giant would seem to us?

Yes…

Well, that is how we must seem to a bird. And a bird would seem that big to an ant. And an ant would seem that big to a parasite. And a parasite would seem that big to a molecule. And a molecule would seem that big to a… NEUTRINO!

Hey, wait…

Yes?

Can you imagine how many neutrinos could pass through a giant at once without hitting even ONE of his atoms???

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