Re:Frank Ramsey – The Man Who Thought Too Fast
by bonoboTP on Friday May 01, 2020 @08:56PM
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Yes, I agree, but your correction also doesn't make that much of a difference, even after realizing this, we're still far.
On the other hand there is just maybe a page of explanation needed for a somewhat educated layperson to understand the construction of Graham's number.
So on one hand it's unexplicably big to the point where it's even unexplicable how unexplicably big it is etc, on the other hand it can be compactly described. It's an example of the power of thought and reason and deliberate design, making so much of so little.
On the other hand there is just maybe a page of explanation needed for a somewhat educated layperson to understand the construction of Graham's number.
So on one hand it's unexplicably big to the point where it's even unexplicable how unexplicably big it is etc, on the other hand it can be compactly described. It's an example of the power of thought and reason and deliberate design, making so much of so little.