World's Worst Detective

World's Worst Detective

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What's the biggest number?
Mar 5, 2025

Today we'll address a question that has long occupied the minds of children, mathematicians, and child mathematicians: What's the biggest number? Child A: When I grow up, I'm gonna have a million dollars. Child B: Well, when I grow up, I'm gonna have a billion dollars. Child A: Oh yeah? Well, I'm gonna have a billion billion dollars. Child B: Well, I'm gonna have a zillion dollars. Child A: Ok, well, then I'm gonna have infinity dollars. Child B: Fine, then I'll have infinity infinity dollars. Child A: Well, I'm gonna have however many dollars you have, plus one! Whereas the dialogue above illustrates a naive, blustering approach to the question, we will investigate the topic with rigor in the name of science and progress....

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Album cover for Knob
Album: Knob — Svaneborg Kardyb
Released: Mar 1, 2019
RIYL: Knob
If you had to listen to one song: Knob
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Oct 12, 2026
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This idea came out of a jam session with my friend Matt!

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Hey! I'm Marcos, and I'm interested in math and logic, music, transit, games, language, and most things nyc. I'm not 100% sure where the "world's worst detective" moniker came from, but I feel like it started because of a quixotic investigation I undertook into the deaths of seven koi fish at my college. I have another website, but that didn't seem like the right place to dump all the things I want to put on the internet for nobody to read.