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Only if that irrational number is also normal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number), which pi has not been p
by MontyCarloHall 7y ago
Only if that irrational number is also normal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number), which pi has not been proven to be.
- kvakil 7y agoIn addition, even if a normal number was used, it's far simpler to describe the data by just using a single number alone. For example, a binary encoding of the data (perhaps using a prefix-free code). Using a normal number and two "positions" is just more complicated.
- mc3 7y agoNonetheless, it's freaky that our deepest secrets are encoded into pi. If pi is normal.
- tanelpoder 7y agoAlso, there will be multiple copies of data, some uncompressed, some compressed in different formats like gzip, lzo, etc.
- contravariant 7y agoAnd each copy will occur infinitely often.
- mc3 7y agoAnd man there is a hell of a lot of fake news in there.
- cygaril 7y agohttps://maskofreason.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/the-library-of-babel-by-jorge-luis-borges.pdf https://maskofreason.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/the-library...