Comment by dtech 8 months ago It's as much a number as 12 5 comments dtech Reply lupire 8 months ago Only if you believe that a number you can't count is a number. You can believe that, but it's a leap. falcor84 8 months ago Couldn't you make the same argument for sqrt(2), or better yet for zero [0]?[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero:_The_Biography_of_a_Dange... Dylan16807 8 months ago For sqrt(2) I can tell you the order of magnitude and output as many digits as you want. I think that's plenty specific for this use case.For zero I can not only do that, I can also count to it if you let me count both up and down, which seems like a very simple ask. 1 reply → Straw 8 months ago sqrt(2), and pretty much everything else you can think if, is computable- there's a program that can output rational numbers arbitrarily close.BB(n) is not.
lupire 8 months ago Only if you believe that a number you can't count is a number. You can believe that, but it's a leap. falcor84 8 months ago Couldn't you make the same argument for sqrt(2), or better yet for zero [0]?[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero:_The_Biography_of_a_Dange... Dylan16807 8 months ago For sqrt(2) I can tell you the order of magnitude and output as many digits as you want. I think that's plenty specific for this use case.For zero I can not only do that, I can also count to it if you let me count both up and down, which seems like a very simple ask. 1 reply → Straw 8 months ago sqrt(2), and pretty much everything else you can think if, is computable- there's a program that can output rational numbers arbitrarily close.BB(n) is not.
falcor84 8 months ago Couldn't you make the same argument for sqrt(2), or better yet for zero [0]?[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero:_The_Biography_of_a_Dange... Dylan16807 8 months ago For sqrt(2) I can tell you the order of magnitude and output as many digits as you want. I think that's plenty specific for this use case.For zero I can not only do that, I can also count to it if you let me count both up and down, which seems like a very simple ask. 1 reply → Straw 8 months ago sqrt(2), and pretty much everything else you can think if, is computable- there's a program that can output rational numbers arbitrarily close.BB(n) is not.
Dylan16807 8 months ago For sqrt(2) I can tell you the order of magnitude and output as many digits as you want. I think that's plenty specific for this use case.For zero I can not only do that, I can also count to it if you let me count both up and down, which seems like a very simple ask. 1 reply →
Straw 8 months ago sqrt(2), and pretty much everything else you can think if, is computable- there's a program that can output rational numbers arbitrarily close.BB(n) is not.
Only if you believe that a number you can't count is a number. You can believe that, but it's a leap.
Couldn't you make the same argument for sqrt(2), or better yet for zero [0]?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero:_The_Biography_of_a_Dange...
For sqrt(2) I can tell you the order of magnitude and output as many digits as you want. I think that's plenty specific for this use case.
For zero I can not only do that, I can also count to it if you let me count both up and down, which seems like a very simple ask.
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sqrt(2), and pretty much everything else you can think if, is computable- there's a program that can output rational numbers arbitrarily close.
BB(n) is not.