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In reply to the discussion: Yahoo article: Hell is Coming: Here is the Mathematical Proof [View all]panader0
(25,816 posts)19. I remember a story about the guy who invented chess.
The emperor or shah or whatever was very pleased and asked him what would
your reward be? He said, I would like a single grain of rice on the first square
and two on the second square and four on the third, doubling each time.
The emperor asked That's all? Just some rice? It was more rice than in the entire kingdom by the 64th square.
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Agreed. We don't have enough data to make such serious predictions of numbers. I'm not denying
napi21
Mar 2020
#8
It's almost worse than that. He doesn't have the legal authority to directly order governors/local
RockRaven
Mar 2020
#11
And now, a week after passing 12,000 on schedule, it is more than double that again...
jberryhill
Apr 2020
#55
Our fate was sealed in November 2016. Thanks to everyone who helped seal it. n/t
zackymilly
Mar 2020
#39