tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post8821994275100526310..comments2023-05-08T04:26:41.949-04:00Comments on My Little Po-Mo: Some guesswork and calculations re: the population and size of EquestriaFroborrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-4805896941965858382014-07-07T16:21:44.459-04:002014-07-07T16:21:44.459-04:00You raised a good point there, enough so that I we...You raised a good point there, enough so that I went back and double-checked my original work (which was from several weeks ago).<br /><br />Amusingly enough, I'd taken your exact point into account - 5'5" is the average height for adult women in America, rather than teenagers. Looking back, I applied that height to human-Twilight because I felt that she was at least 16 years old, and I'd presumed that by that point most women will have ceased growing.<br /><br />That said, I wasn't entirely certain that was the case, so I apparently unconsciously changed to "average height of teenage girls" instead (and in the course of doing so, made it wrong).<br /><br />Long story short: D'oh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-53366246692813964082014-07-07T15:08:44.017-04:002014-07-07T15:08:44.017-04:00Thankee!
*looks up what a Fermi problem is*
Yes,...Thankee!<br /><br />*looks up what a Fermi problem is*<br /><br />Yes, yes I suppose I did.<br /><br />Hmm, one issue I can see with your method is that Twilight and the others are seniors, who are usually at adult height. I'd presume the average for teenagers includes 13- and 14-year-olds.<br /><br />...which would tend to imply that ponies are larger than either of us calculated, but not by a big amount.Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-31653882006768575912014-07-07T14:10:29.253-04:002014-07-07T14:10:29.253-04:00What an excellent blog post! You basically turned ...What an excellent blog post! You basically turned the question of Equestria's population into a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem" rel="nofollow">Fermi problem</a>, and did a great job answering it.<br /><br />I personally worked out the height of average ponies (the size of Twilight and her friends) as being four feet tall from head to hoof, based on the cover of the Equestria Girls movie, where human-Twilight is looking at pony-Twilight.<br /><br />Taking into account that pony-Twilight is a few steps down from where her human counterpart is standing, and calculating the average height of an American girl in her teenage years (about 5'5"), I got that pony-Twilight is about 75% as tall as she is as a human, which is just over four feet tall.<br /><br />That's slightly larger than yours, but still close enough to be comparable. As they say, great minds. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-52712373884681281922014-05-08T09:27:47.870-04:002014-05-08T09:27:47.870-04:00Cool; thanks!Cool; thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543133662906033247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-87006325968350189062014-05-08T08:48:22.179-04:002014-05-08T08:48:22.179-04:00I used this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZbxz...I used this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZbxznrnMmg<br /><br />That makes Scootaloo about 2 feet tall, which makes the adult ponies (not counting unusually large ones like Big Mac and the princesses) about 3.5 feet tall, which makes their bodies (very) roughly the same size as a border collie's.Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-64733158876645071922014-05-08T02:16:03.406-04:002014-05-08T02:16:03.406-04:00Nice work! If you'll excuse a question: I'...Nice work! If you'll excuse a question: I've seen people argue up and down about how large MLP ponies are relative to humans - why'd you put your nickel down on "border collie"? Just curious.<br /><br />My favorite pony size estimate (because it's funny) is the one based on the size of the gem in "Secret of My Excess," that claims that the brushable figurines are actually life-sized.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543133662906033247noreply@blogger.com