Comment on Timeline of the far futureparentComments−vecter14yAre you alluding to Scott Aaronson's essay on Who Can Name the Bigger Number? [1][1] http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/bignumbers.html−platz14yYep!! The point is, if you say 'Take however many symbols it takes you to describe your large number', that's not well-defined and is fundamentally ambiguous due to the nature of language.−dasil00314yOf course the whole large number pissing contest is extremely ageist.
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Are you alluding to Scott Aaronson's essay on Who Can Name the Bigger Number? [1]
[1] http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/bignumbers.html
Yep!! The point is, if you say 'Take however many symbols it takes you to describe your large number', that's not well-defined and is fundamentally ambiguous due to the nature of language.
Of course the whole large number pissing contest is extremely ageist.