52!
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: humans have a hard time with scale, either at the very large end or the very small end.
Example: 52!. How incomprehensibly large is that value? Here’s a video demonstrating what 52! seconds would be:
That’s insane. Insane.
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Y’all want some cool math stuff?
Of course you do.
Nate was reading a Reddit thread titled “What is the coolest mathematical fact you know of?” The two that were the coolest to me are the following:
An explanation of just how many different ways there are to uniquely shuffle a deck of 52 cards.
Graham’s number. Ridiculous.
Seriously, read these. Numbers are amazing.
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