Mr. Show - 24 is the Highest Number

durdenn330 HN recommenders · 2010–2021
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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.

Posted as a joke in threads about naming large numbers and the size of infinity.

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3 comments from Hacker News

@m0nastic2010 · in “Who Can Name the Bigger Number?”

I'm reticent to post humor here, but this article immediately made me think of this sketch from Mr. Show: [VIDEO]

@tomjakubowski2020 · in “Who Can Name the Bigger Number? (1999)”

Not a discussion of Scott Aaronson's blog, but a relevant bit from Mr. Show, "24 Is The Highest Number." [VIDEO]

@dwater2021 · in “How many real numbers exist? New proof moves closer to an answer”

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.