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The upper estimate of the number of galaxies in the observable universe is 2 trillion, which is far too few to find Shakespeare written with "galaxy dots".
by The_Colonel 2y ago
The upper estimate of the number of galaxies in the observable universe is 2 trillion, which is far too few to find Shakespeare written with "galaxy dots".
- jjk166 2y agoThere are an infinite number of ways to ascribe meaning to galaxy dots such that they would write out Shakespeare.
- The_Colonel 2y agoCan you propose one which doesn't use massive lookup tables?
- jjk166 2y agoWriting Shakespeare in English requires a pretty massive look up table - we call it a dictionary.
- The_Colonel 2y agoNo, you don't need a massive dictionary. Remember that the topic of this thread is a circle composed of galaxy "dots". An elongated circle can be the letter O or perhaps zero. You can similarly compose other letters visually using galaxy dots, and that's presumably what the original poster meant when talking about writing out a Shakespeare. If the universe was infinite, this would be a possibility.