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Why do people perceive a bigger difference between the numbers one and two than between the numbers 1001 and 1002? In this interesting video, Sal is accompanied by Vi Hart. They talk about how we tend to think according to the logarithmic scale in our everyday lives rather than on the more well-known linear scale. They also discuss how this scale is a fundamental model for many naturally occurring phenomena.
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