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amelius
3 months ago
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The scientific “unit” we call the decibel
Speaking of which. Does anyone know why, in Physics, we only use the operators +, * and exponentiation? And why higher operators in the hyperoperation sequence are never used?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperoperation
mik1998
3 months ago
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You would use it if it was useful or convenient
amelius
3 months ago
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It was more of a question about the nature of our universe, similar to: why are there only n spatial dimensions?
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