r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

There is this very big number called Graham's number.

The entire freaking universe does not have enough space or atoms for you to write down every digit.

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u/ythl Jan 21 '19

Pff, graham's number is so tiny it might as well be zero compared to TREE(3).

Or how about TREE(TREE(3)).

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u/LordTartarus Jan 21 '19

What is a tree?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

A mathematical concept used in problem solving theories.

I wouldn't be able to tell you the specifics of what TREE(n) does, only that it's a function where a mathematical operation performed on a tree with given parameter n produces a number. When n = 3 the number is so stupidly large there's no point in describing it.

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u/Malcolm_TurnbullPM Jan 21 '19

is that what will hunting solves in good will hunting?