Ra's calling, Law of One Book 1, Law of Squares

[βαθμιαίος]

Are you sure we are reading this right? Ra states that the initial call is uncounted and similar to infinity, not to an actual value. So does it make sense to actually calculate this number?

Well, Ra did calculate it for 10, so presumably it's a number and can be calculated. However, they didn't tell us how to calculate the statistical loss that they mentioned. But at the same time you are right -- they said the result of the calculation was "approximately meaningless in the finite sense."

It's very relevant in the sense that if we're ever asking if we're making a difference in the world now we know that we're personally responsible for effectively doubling the signal that is invoking a positive outcome. In other words. We're all important beyond measure.

Yes, I agree, that's an excellent observation. Each one of us is responsible for doubling that immense number (or a number somewhat like it).

It occurred to me that βαθμιαίος is possibly the first person on earth to have calculated this number. The amount of memory required by a computer to simply represent this number was restricted to dedicated computer science researchers when Ra sent his transmission. And if I guess at the odds that someone else since had the same idea and the software and knowledge to do it they'd be low.

Your curiosity is legendary.

LOL! It's what happens when a Law of One geek becomes a linux geek.

I just think it's a cool number. Kind of like trying to wrap your mind around infinity, only it's an infinity that we are helping to create. I look at that huge number and say, wow, we did that!