# \#orders-of-magnitude

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## [The Large and the Small—Humans in the Middle](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-large-and-the-small-humans-in-the-middle/4148)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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As to the scale of humans being “just right”, see J. B. S. Haldane’s 1926 essay, “On Being the Right Size”, of which you can find a full text copy at the Internet Archive. Haldane concludes his essay on sc…