User blog comment:Primussupremus/The X number./@comment-24920136-20170321233010

Hey would it be surprising to know that if you make X = 10 or even X=3 instead of X=googolplex in step 1 it won't make a distinguishable difference.

lets see why: first look at the list of steps like this

S1S2S3..... SGoogolplex

Now, a googolplex is less than 10^^4 which is wayyy less than 3^^^3, (let alone 10^^^^^^^^^^10) (So, making 3^^^3 the new Step 2 i'll call my "new steps" T, and write down the process below yours, lining up a T that is always bigger than the S above it

S1|S2|S3|..|SGoogolplex-1|SGoogolplex

T2|T3|T4|...|TGoogolplex |TGoogolplex+1

As you may know already, Googolplex+1 ≈ Googolplex. Don't believe me?, Already 10^6 is visually indistinguishable from (10^6)+1, imagine having to find a red dot here here