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by maaku 4484 days ago
The chance of that happening is so small it's not worth worrying about, ever.

Your brain is not equipped to handle numbers on the scale of 2^-160.

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Indeed, that is way smaller than planks length: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=is+2^-160+smaller+than...
You can't compare 2^-160 with a number with a unit attached- it's meaningless. 2^-160 meters is smaller than the planck length, but 2^-160 isn't.

If your unit is "the volume of the observable universe" you get a pretty large volume (on a human scale, anyway): https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%282^-160%29+*+%28the+...

edit: oh, the units came from the grand-parent post to yours, but wouldn't the correct conversion be "2^-160 earth's surface-areas"? That's actually bigger than the planck area- but still stupid small.

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28The+surface+area+of...

Good catch, I just mentally assigned meter unit to 2^-160.
I guess I've a better chance at lottery
You have a better chance of winning the lottery twice, getting struck by lightning three times, then getting snuffed out by a wayward meteor.