[jhallenworld]

I think he's comparing apples with oranges: maybe 10^80 is not so big, but the number of configurations of the 10^80 atoms is huge.

[caipre]

That is entirely the point of the article.

[cinquemb]

It would be cool if there were more talk about properties we have observed of these configurations/which are more probable at any given instance, and efficient ways of computing such.

[jameshart]

I think that was his point.