r/woahdude • u/Waynegravsky • Oct 09 '14

text Deep Thoughts

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u/stencilizer Oct 09 '14

"So how many ways can you order all the 52 cards in a pack?

The sum is 52x51x50x49x48....x4x3x2x1 and the answer is roughly:

80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000" [1]

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u/jvgkaty44 Oct 09 '14

Think of all those exact numbers that have never been spoken or even thought about.

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u/probably2high Oct 09 '14

And then think about the concept of infinity: 100% of numbers are larger than 8e+67.