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Some context:
It involves a short story in a particular verse where the main character(Bert) was being helped by another character(Jack) to find missing numbers in the number line. Jack developed a device which speeds up the thought process when asleep. Bert was able to count to 12,345,893 which took the Buddhist Monk who’s the current holder of the Unaided Counting Holder about 2 years to reach.
Jack hooked Bert’s device up to a quantum computer and by the time he woke up in the morning. Starting from his current count of 12,345,893. Now he’s at 12, 345, 678, 901, 234, 567, 890, 123, 456, 789, 012, 345, 678, 901, 234, 567, 890, 123, 456, 789, 012, 345, 678, 901, 234, 567, 890, 123, 456, 789, 012, 345, 678, 901. (12 duotrigintillion or 12 x 10^99) . I’ll give a high estimate that he was asleep for 24 hours even though the process doesn’t hinder his sleep. If it was a normal sleep then it would be 8 hours.
A character with a help of a device was able to count from 12 million to 12 x 10^99 in a matter of hours(8 hours - min, 12 hours - mid, 24 hours - maximum). How fast would it be?
Source of the story: “2 + 2 = 5” by Rudy Rucker with Terry Bisson
https://imgur.com/gallery/5g13OoJ
It involves a short story in a particular verse where the main character(Bert) was being helped by another character(Jack) to find missing numbers in the number line. Jack developed a device which speeds up the thought process when asleep. Bert was able to count to 12,345,893 which took the Buddhist Monk who’s the current holder of the Unaided Counting Holder about 2 years to reach.
Jack hooked Bert’s device up to a quantum computer and by the time he woke up in the morning. Starting from his current count of 12,345,893. Now he’s at 12, 345, 678, 901, 234, 567, 890, 123, 456, 789, 012, 345, 678, 901, 234, 567, 890, 123, 456, 789, 012, 345, 678, 901, 234, 567, 890, 123, 456, 789, 012, 345, 678, 901. (12 duotrigintillion or 12 x 10^99) . I’ll give a high estimate that he was asleep for 24 hours even though the process doesn’t hinder his sleep. If it was a normal sleep then it would be 8 hours.
A character with a help of a device was able to count from 12 million to 12 x 10^99 in a matter of hours(8 hours - min, 12 hours - mid, 24 hours - maximum). How fast would it be?
Source of the story: “2 + 2 = 5” by Rudy Rucker with Terry Bisson
https://imgur.com/gallery/5g13OoJ