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Points?? I see them. What do they do?

Please don't take that away from me!

Energy is not a thing in itself; it is a property of a system, and it can change forms. A fast-moving atom has kinetic energy, which, if...

Welcome @Ktaka24. I second Russ' post. Read the Insights article before you buy your new scope.

We have a guide and thread for that: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/planning-to-buy-a-first-telescope-comments.391086/ Welcome...

I am not informed enough to understand the implications of the opening post. It's male plug in a sheath so that it (optimally) only...

I know. It was a quip.

Indeed. One can always conceive of a bigger number. Tree(3)+1. ta-da! Graham's number became known (half a century ago) because it was...

He goes through it pretty quickly. This is why i prefer reading over watching. Read the wiki slowly, taking a moment to absorb one step...

That was what intirgued me about Graham's Number. Tree(3) is big, but is it useful?

which is effectively zero compared to TREE3

And here I thought mobile games were powered by burning money. "You have built another house. Please insert another $10 in your phone's...

And it's still effectively zero compared to Graham's number.

True. I put that down, at least partially, to the fact that at any given time, they may be in transition. For all we know, in ten...

I once wrote a short story about a guy named Carl who tried to visualize, extant, in one object, a Googolplex. His attempt caused the...