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Some guy brags about his son..
Just a few days ago I had an interesting conversation with my 4 year old son that went something like this: "Daddy, what's the biggest number?" "There is no such thing as the biggest number; numbers keep getting bigger and bigger forever. This is a concept called infinity." "Which number is the biggest?" And so on; he's only 4, so I don't expect him to grasp the concept of infinity, but I was impressed that he's alre…
Son: the biggest number is 1081
Dad: what about 1082
Son: well, I was close
Just a few days ago I had an interesting conversation with my 4 year old son that went something like this: "Daddy, what's the biggest number?" "There is no such thing as the biggest number; numbers keep getting bigger and bigger forever. This is a concept called infinity." "Which number is the biggest?" And so on; he's only 4, so I don't expect him to grasp the concept of infinity, but I was impressed that he's alre…
I vaguely recall having a "night terror" centered around infinity when I was very young. I think I was trying to truly grasp how tiny and insignificant I am and how immensely huge everything else is and it just freaked me out.
Just a few days ago I had an interesting conversation with my 4 year old son that went something like this: "Daddy, what's the biggest number?" "There is no such thing as the biggest number; numbers keep getting bigger and bigger forever. This is a concept called infinity." "Which number is the biggest?" And so on; he's only 4, so I don't expect him to grasp the concept of infinity, but I was impressed that he's alre…
I'm not sure if this is normal or expected, but my two-year-old can count to 20. I'm not trying to brag-- maybe just seeing if maybe I should start bragging? ;)
Just a few days ago I had an interesting conversation with my 4 year old son that went something like this: "Daddy, what's the biggest number?" "There is no such thing as the biggest number; numbers keep getting bigger and bigger forever. This is a concept called infinity." "Which number is the biggest?" And so on; he's only 4, so I don't expect him to grasp the concept of infinity, but I was impressed that he's alre…
I vaguely recall having a "night terror" centered around infinity when I was very young. I think I was trying to truly grasp how tiny and insignificant I am and how immensely huge everything else is and it just freaked me out.
Just a few days ago I had an interesting conversation with my 4 year old son that went something like this: "Daddy, what's the biggest number?" "There is no such thing as the biggest number; numbers keep getting bigger and bigger forever. This is a concept called infinity." "Which number is the biggest?" And so on; he's only 4, so I don't expect him to grasp the concept of infinity, but I was impressed that he's alre…
There's a great anecdote about this. Son: the biggest number is 1081 Dad: what about 1082 Son: well, I was close