I’m surprised the sun would fall so neatly in our hearing range. Seems like the odds of it instantly shredding our eardrums, or being too faint to perceive were much higher.
Remember that dB is a logarithmic scale. Each 10 is 10x bigger than the 1 before. We talk at around 60dB, so 10,000x quieter. We can hear from around -9dB to 90dB (into hearing damage territory) that’s a 10,000,000,000x range. If you allow for hearing damage, a gunshot is around 140dB. So add 5 extra zeros to that.
I’m surprised the sun would fall so neatly in our hearing range. Seems like the odds of it instantly shredding our eardrums, or being too faint to perceive were much higher.
Remember that dB is a logarithmic scale. Each 10 is 10x bigger than the 1 before. We talk at around 60dB, so 10,000x quieter. We can hear from around -9dB to 90dB (into hearing damage territory) that’s a 10,000,000,000x range. If you allow for hearing damage, a gunshot is around 140dB. So add 5 extra zeros to that.
Human hearing is insane.