Hesoldieredondayafterdayuntilfinally, after 89 straightdaysofcounting, onenumberafteranotherinfrontof a camera, hefinallymadeittoeonemillionandearnedtheGuinnessBookofWorldRecordsachievementforthehighestnumberevermanuallycountedtobuy a human.
10 tothe 80thPoweris a vastlysmallernumberthan a Googleis, butthatisalreadyroughlyequaltothenumberofeverysingleindividualAdamthatexistsintheentireobservableuniverse.
Thedifferenceinmassbetweenthetwoisonly 10 tothe 90thpower, whichisonlythesameas 0.0 zero 0001% of a Google.
両者の質量差は、グーグルの0.0ゼロ0001%と同じ90乗に10しかない。
Thismeansthatatthescaleof a Google, themassofanelectronandthemassoftheentireuniverseareeffectivelyidenticaltoblowyourmind, evenmawr, withjusthowbigof a numberofGoogleis, imaginethesizeoftheentireobservableuniverse.
Butafteryou'vefinallydoneitandyou'velaidtorestthefinalgrainofsandintheentireuniversesizedsandbox, youwouldrealizethatinordertoactuallyreach a Googlegrainsofsand, youwouldhavetostartalloveragainfromgrainofsandnumberoneandbegincountyagainfromscratchandrepeatthatwholeentireprocessoveragain.
Imaginethevolumeofspacethatyouoccupy, thetotalnumberofpossiblequantumstatesorarrangementsofparticlesthatcanoccurinsideofthespacethatyoutakeupisvastly, vastlylessthan a googolplex.
Whatthisimpliesisthatiftheactualsizeofthefulluniverseisactuallycloserto a googolplex, cubicmetersandvolumethansheerrandomprobabilityalmostguaranteesthattherearegoingtobeexactidenticalcopiesofyouexistingsomewhereelsefarawayinthesameuniverse.
Thisisbecauseeverypossiblearrangementofmatterinsideof a humansizedspacewilllikelyoccurmany, manytimesinsideof a universethisbig, meaningthateverythingthatcouldpossiblyexistwouldexistandwouldexistmultipletimes, meaningmultipleversionsofpeoplewhoareidenticaltoyou, meaningmultipleversionswhoareonlyslightlydifferentthanyou, meaningmultipleversionsofeverysinglehumanyou'veeverknowninyourlife.
Andsomeofthemmightevenbedoingsomething a lotmoreproductivethanwhatyou'redoingnow, likelearningmoreaboutmathandscienceonbrilliance, thereareevennumbersthatairfarbiggerthan a meregoogolplexintherealmofmathematicsthatyoucanlearnallaboutonbrilliant, likethisentiresection.