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Mr. Show - 24 is the Highest Number
About this video
A clip from Mr. Show season 3 in which characters insist that 24 is the highest number. It is a short absurdist sketch about counting.
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Posted as a joke in threads about naming large numbers and the size of infinity.
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From the Hacker News discussion
I'm reticent to post humor here, but this article immediately made me think of this sketch from Mr. Show: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Not a discussion of Scott Aaronson's blog, but a relevant bit from Mr. Show, "24 Is The Highest Number." [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗I have a degree in math but the first thing this headline made me thing of was still the "24 is the highest number" sketch from Mr. Show: [VIDEO] Theoretical mathematics is often absurd, maybe that's why I like the sketch so much.
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