Oops, I deleted that part before you posted the comment; didn't think it was worded well. I guess my point was that the specific value of 2.718... isn't as impo

Oops, I deleted that part before you posted the comment; didn't think it was worded well. I guess my point was that the specific value of 2.718... isn't as important as a lot of pop-math sources make it out to be.