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Small correction to your maths but not your sentiment. 10^100 years - 10^14 years = approx. 10^100 years In the same way that: 10^6 - 10^3 = 1,000,000 - 1000
by badcppdev 4y ago
Small correction to your maths but not your sentiment.
10^100 years - 10^14 years = approx. 10^100 years
In the same way that:
10^6 - 10^3 = 1,000,000 - 1000 = 999,000 which is more or less approx. 10^6
Edit: Although this is one of those relatively uncommon situations where it doesn't really matter if you're off by 100 trillion years.
- bena 4y agoTrue enough. I honestly did not care enough to do anything but the most cursory attempt at math due to the scale involved. 10^14 years and 10^100 are effectively equal compared to even our entire species current lifespan.
- Taywee 4y agoYeah, it can be boiled down to "there will be stars for longer than you can fathom, then there won't be stars for longer than you can fathom". It's hard to really feel much about different timespans that are all "forever" relative to the entirety of human existence.
- discretion22 4y agoNot to give any special credence to Scott Adam's theory that we are actually a simulation and co-incidences are examples of the simulation re-using code, just today youtube fed me a video of @misterwootube discussing 0 ^ 0 in which he incidentally discusses division and multiplication of x^y numbers; for division you subtract and multiplication you add the ^y parts, so the math error was treating the subtraction of the x^y as if it was a division. Mister Woo looks fantastic - I'd never heard of him before; worth a look, youtube.com/@misterwootube