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>Tell a well educated ancient Greek: “ 95233345745213 times 4353614555235239 is always equal to 414609280180109235394973160907, this must be fundamentally true
by andrepd 7y ago
>Tell a well educated ancient Greek: “ 95233345745213 times 4353614555235239 is always equal to 414609280180109235394973160907, this must be fundamentally true within our system of mathematics”… and he will look at you like you’re a complete nut.
What is this supposed to mean? I honestly don't understand. They most certainly realized that although tedious to compute it is just as well-defined as 2*3=6. What is he implying here?
- galimaufry 7y agoI think it's gesturing towards the ideas in section 5 of https://www.scottaaronson.com/papers/philos.pdf https://www.scottaaronson.com/papers/philos.pdf
- kryptiskt 7y agoArchimedes dealt with much bigger numbers in The Sand Reckoner (he worked through his numbering system up to 10^(8*10^16)). He certainly wouldn't flinch at those.
- angry_cactus 7y agoBecause of the confidence in a very random and particular statement.