Infinity is aspirational. Infinity is a concept, simple and self-evident, yet paradoxical and oxymoronic.
I get kind of intrigued by these large number things at first but ultimately it feels like kind of a less elegant version of the same thing? It's all this mucking about with multiples and powers of multiples and powers when it's like...we've already taken this to the limit, we can just stand back and marvel at that, what are we looking for? We already know you can always add another digit, why invent more and more complicated ways to do that?
This isn't meant to be contradictory to what you're saying or anything, just interesting to explore these different perspectives on what mathematical concepts capture the imagination.
I'm wondering if there's a connection between large number hunters, unwritten rule proponents in sports and games, and modular synth collectors. There's a sort of satisfaction derived from finding and defining order according to aesthetic structures that are largely arbitrary but also emotionally resonant.
Meanwhile, infinity is for those that embrace chaos, minimalism, nothingness.
I get kind of intrigued by these large number things at first but ultimately it feels like kind of a less elegant version of the same thing? It's all this mucking about with multiples and powers of multiples and powers when it's like...we've already taken this to the limit, we can just stand back and marvel at that, what are we looking for? We already know you can always add another digit, why invent more and more complicated ways to do that?
This isn't meant to be contradictory to what you're saying or anything, just interesting to explore these different perspectives on what mathematical concepts capture the imagination.