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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

It's not the number that makes something big, it's what it's counting. 67,502 atoms isn't very impressive, but 1 universe is!

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 21 hours ago

Not really, though. Big numbers are a separate branch of mathematics. A googolplex, for instance is more than the number of atoms in the observable universe, but it's way smaller than grahams number.

What it counts is not exactly the point is more of a definition exercise of what the upper bound is of what we can imagine it put in words. Sometimes it has functionality, such as the largest Mersenne prime.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

8 is a big number of gunshot wounds.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

50 is that you?

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's a pretty unimpressive number of universes, though.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it's the amount we are 100% certain of that they exist

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

99.999% certain*

You cant exclude the chance conspiracy theorists are right

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago

First of all, yes we can. We have tons of experimental proof. Secondly, even if the earth is flat or whatever it must still exist inside some form of a universe.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

It's the most that's ever existed

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its more impressive to count 67502 atoms than to count 1 universe

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"67,502! 67,502 atoms, ah, ah, ah!"

thunder and lightning

[–] genuineparts@infosec.pub 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

thunder and lightning

Very, very frightning me

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 19 hours ago

Five! Five Galileos, ah, ah, ah!