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		InclinedPlane on Jan 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who Can Name the Biggest Number? Define: the oh-holy-crap number, d, as follows: a = the largest number for which there is a concise definition in the English language version of wikipedia b = the 2nd largest number defined on wikipedia c = the 3rd largest number defined on wikipedia Then, let d = c -> b -> a (using Conway chained arrow notation)

yuliyp on Jan 20, 2013 [–]

This works until you put the definition of d into the English language version of Wikipedia

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