wedrifid comments on More "Stupid" Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 02 August 2013 04:54:18PM *  1 point [-]

I have a proposal: let's call x^^^y "x knuth y", just because it's used quite often in this community :)

The most obvious interpretation of "3 knuth 3" is 27. A single 'knuth' up arrow denotes exponentiation. Conceivably "3 triple-knuth 3" would convey the intended meaning.