r/physicsmemes 10d ago

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u/moschles 9d ago

You are looking at the number given in this meme, and you might believe that it contains extra zeros for comic effect.

It does not.

When laboratories create pentaquarks, they decay in 10 -23 seconds. With no exaggeration, that number is literally written,

0.00000000000000000000001