@michael_nielsen I was just working on whether or not humanity has performed 10^15 calculations (I would say so, if counting simple ones).
Fun Fermi problem: how many FLOPS equivalent have humans ever computed?
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@mcnees Most of my computations were multiplications of floats. Let's say 1 such is equiv to 100 "everyday" computations. - 4 more replies
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@michael_nielsen Guess: clock*secs/yr*yrs*people=10^(9+7+1+9)=10^26. Am I close?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michael_nielsen this is answered very well in 'what if?' by Randall munroeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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