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by alanh 107 days ago
10^–15 is not a negative number, just a small one. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=10%5E-15+
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And it is less than one?
I think my favorite part of that comment is "documenting" that 10^(-15) is not negative by appealing to Wolfram Alpha.
your user name is found at the 4,922,096,564th digit of Pi
Yes, you're correct. Now ask yourself if "one quadrillionth of an electron" is a quantity that's possible to have.
Good thing he didn't say that