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There are 10^80 electrons in the universe, Eddington thinks.

Even if you managed to make a contraption that turned one electron into one rotation of the first wheel, and you fed the entire universe to your contraption... you’re coming up a few dozens order of magnitude short to make that full turn :^)



What's 80 orders of magnitude between friends?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe


That's what I already said

> where are you going to get that much energy to turn them so fast?


I guess you just have to make a machine that manages two turns per electron.

(I know you did - but any chance to introduce Eddington’s number is fun)


> I guess you just have to make a machine that manages two turns per electron.

But that just isn't going to be tractable.




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