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  • What is the largest number (this is not a trick question)

    03/04/2016 5:01:38 AM PST · by LibWhacker · 43 replies
    We all know that a billion is a lot and a trillion is a lot more, but what do you call numbers that are even bigger? A Googol is bigger: it's 10 to the hundredth power—but it's not the biggest. In this well-researched 19 minute film, master explainer Sharkee takes us through ever larger numbers. He applies three rules. The largest number cannot be a number plus 1. The number must be useful in some way. And infinity doesn’t count, because it isn't actually a number. VIDEO explaining how they arrive at these really big numbers (Googolplex is nothing) --...