User blog comment:Edwin Shade/The Quicksilver Hierarchy/@comment-25601061-20171023205656/@comment-28606698-20171023230113

In each function hierarchies which I know, a function is defined using previous  but not following functions. Meanwhile in mentioned example $$Q_1(2)=Q_{256}(Q_{256}^{255}(2))$$ but Q_{256} is farther from defined base function $$Q_0$$ than $$Q_1$$.