Choose from those positive numbers that a C++ int variable can contain, or any other* non-infinite subset of positive natural numbers, then. The point is the observation of “most numbers need more than 1 digit to be expressed” not implying in any way some sort of “need” for the 1-digit numbers to “change”, to satisfy the number fairy, or some abstract concept thereof.
* (For LW purposes: Any other? No, not any other. Choose one with a cardinality of at least 10^6. Heh.)
Choose from those positive numbers that a C++ int variable can contain, or any other* non-infinite subset of positive natural numbers, then. The point is the observation of “most numbers need more than 1 digit to be expressed” not implying in any way some sort of “need” for the 1-digit numbers to “change”, to satisfy the number fairy, or some abstract concept thereof.
* (For LW purposes: Any other? No, not any other. Choose one with a cardinality of at least 10^6. Heh.)