[zkmon]

If nature did so well for billions of years, why are we taking over it's job now? Did it ask for your help?

Anytime some talks about large numbers - some galaxy is billions of kilometers away, there are trillions of atoms in universe, trillions of possible combinations for a problem etc - it appears to me that you talking about some problem that doesn't fall into your job description.

[IAmBroom]

So, you're anti-vaccine? And anti-antibiotic? And pro-dying of disease and cancer, in general?

I'm sorry that you're also so numerophobic, but real people use numbers of those magnitudes every day. Your own computer, in fact, has billions of storage slots in its disk space - although perhaps that's something that doesn't fall into your job description.

[zkmon]

Yes, counting memory bits in my PC doesn't fall into my job. But my question is a bit more fundamental.

Most of these numbers are hierarchical. I do count the memory modules, but not bits. I count apples, but not molecules in them. I try to count a few bright starts in the night sky, but not all stars in the galaxy. I try to stick to traditional non-GM food, which my ancestors ate, instead of counting protein molecules. I try to have childand grand kids, instead trying living eternally through great advances in science.