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Mr. Show - 24 is the Highest Number

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2010–2021, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

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

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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@m0nastic Dec 2010 Makes a joke

on HN thread 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: [this video]

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@tomjakubowski Jan 2020 Makes a joke

on HN thread 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." [this video]

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@dwater Jul 2021 Makes a joke

on HN thread 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: [this video] Theoretical mathematics is often absurd, maybe that's why I like the sketch so much.

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