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>From: jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez)
Subject: Re: Grasping concepts... is it polite?
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In article <1992Jan2.131048.18412@news.stolaf.edu> seebs@asgaard.acc.stolaf.edu (The Laughing Prophet) writes:
>Can you *really* understand 10^10^10 *of* something? I.e., can you genuinely
>understand what 10^10^10 pennies are, relative to a single penny? How about
>just how much space they'd take up?

It is not just being peevish to inquire at this point what you mean by 
"really," or "genuinely" understanding.  I could easily figure out how
much room 10^10^10th pennies would take up if I felt like it -- not much
harder than working it out for a million pennies.  But would I "really
grok it"?  I'll just pull out my grok-ometer...


