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Why is this incredible? (Do you know "life in life"?) Is it the way the website is built?

• happytoexplain 4y ago
  That's nothing, have you seen CERN's LHC?
  • staunton 4y ago
    "Life in Life" is actually Conway's game of life... Directly comparable to this, arguably a lot cooler and not a new thing at all. "Incredible" should mean, at least to some extent, you didn't think the thing existed or was possible. I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Is it "never ask anyone why they find something incredible"?
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    • JohnFen 4y ago
      "Incredible" is commonly used synonymously with "amazing". Even though this isn't literally unbelievable (the primary meaning of "incredible"), it certainly is amazing.
      • happytoexplain 4y ago
        It's also relevant to note that "amazing to the point of not being believable" is only the primary literal definition, while you would have a legitimately hard time finding even a single colloquial use of the word that includes the "not being believable" part. A similar case is "awful", which nobody uses to mean "full of awe".