sixes_and_sevens comments on Exponentiation goes wrong first - Less Wrong

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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 14 December 2010 02:26:11PM 22 points [-]

FYI, I went ahead and checked this by hand. It turns out that the natural numbers stop at 67*10^11288764. Once you get there you have to go back the way you came.

Comment author: NihilCredo 15 December 2010 08:33:53PM 9 points [-]

Oh, good, I can stop torturing this guy then.