139.179.98.151: comparable? (2008-06-19 15:10) [#4783]

"It is believed there are more possible game variations than atoms in the visible universe."

I personally don't like this kind of comparisons. Why? Because two things are not on the same world of perception/organization of things.

One can compare number of ants to number of bees, or weight of a car to weight of an elephant. But not number of neural connections to number of atoms in a glass of water. Attaining numbers to things doesn't make them comparable, I believe.