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30,000 is roughly 1/3 of 60,000,000.
VERY roughly. Lol
Logarithmically scaled image. I’ll leave the determination of the base of the Log as an exercise for the viewer.
I would show my proof, but I don’t have enough space in this margin
That’s what I thought, so I investigated.
The base of the log can be accounted for by a constant scale factor, because, for example, if n is the number of bison,
log10(n)
= log10(e^ln(n))
= ln(n) log10(e) and log10(e) is a constant.
This change of base is a linear scale on the logs.Hence we can just take log 10 of the numbers of bison, and scale the answer by a constant factor which is log10(correct base), getting
7.778, 2.477 and 4.477
Scale that by about 2 = log10(100) to match the 5 bison in the middle pictogram, and there should be
16, 5, 9 bison on a logarithmic scale.The diagram is also wrong if it’s logarithmic.
OBVIOUSLY!!
It’s only off by roughly 20,000,000
Yeah, we need 799613 more bison images to justify the graphic.
The decision to stop was required, but a ton of work was done to help the population rebound. What kind of misguided message is this trying to send?
I think it gets the point across even if it’s off by orders of magnitude.
I get that, but I personally think 60,000,000 tiny buffalo would be more impactful. Can someone do a quick edit in Photoshop?
There’s not even 60,000,000 pixels in that image.
Each buffalo in the first picture represents 242,914 buffalo. Which means the last picture would be about 1/10th of a bison, and the middle one would be just the tip of a horn.
Log scale?
graph designer “i don’t like math” scale
TIL There are 30,000 free roaming bison but there are 500,000 total including privately owned and commercial herds.
I don’t think this is to scale.
I agree. Bison are much larger than that.
Wait. I need to know more about the Aperture Science dinosaur in 1889.
So I’m not bothered by the inconsistent scale… but why is there a dinosaur peeking through the bottom of the 1889 column?!
Not perfect recovery, but still a powerful reminder that “too late” isn’t always true. Stopping the damage is step one.
Removed by mod
THERE! ARE! FOUR!
LIGHTSBISONS!!There are 300 bison! presses button*
I thought this was about vaccines until I read the bottom.
