Kindly comments on Open Thread, November 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kindly 02 November 2012 11:41:50PM 9 points [-]

Regardless of the specific numbers, or the number of up-arrows, the correct pronunciation is "kajillion".

Comment author: faul_sname 05 November 2012 09:54:29AM 1 point [-]

2^2?

Comment author: Kindly 05 November 2012 01:21:14PM 6 points [-]

Well, 2^2 is closer to 3^^^3 than almost every other positive integer, so we can round it up to 3^^^3 and then call it "kajillion".

Comment author: FiftyTwo 07 November 2012 07:13:04PM -2 points [-]

Gazzillion feels bigger to me