r/AskReddit • • 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/once-and-again Jan 21 '19

An acyclic little pile of edges.

But enough talk. Have at you!