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JulianChastain 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Busy Beaver hunters fear the Antihydra

It seems totally inconceivable to me that you could accurately predict how long until we will know whether BB(7) is greater than Graham's Number.

tromp 8 months ago [–]

I do not predict that. We just need the bet to have a time limit because BB(7) will always have holdouts as long as I live. I chose 10 years because I have prior experience with that timeframe [1].

[1] https://senseis.xmp.net/?ShodanGoBet

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