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I wish people didn't upvote low quality submissions like this.

• ColinWright 12y ago
  While it's true that the submission itself is bare and unadorned, the topic is an interesting one. It would be nice if someone had actually taken the time to write a proper blog post and explained and expanded on the points, but that's happening here in this thread. And it's more relevant to computing, algorithms, statistics, and big data analysis than most people realize. People have a tendency to see too much in coincidences, people don't realize that there will be things that turn out to be equal, or nearly equal, more-or-less "by accident." So while you may think this is a low-quality submission, I think you are only half right, and I think it's worth having.
  • okamiueru 12y ago
    I think the reason that it is of questionable interest and value, is the same for why there is no proper blog post explaining it. It's a coincidence found from playing with numbers. There are infinite "oh, neat, this simple expression is close to this other constant" coincidences, none of which provide any deeper understanding or appreciable use. Here is the wikipedia entry closes fits, and might actually be of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_coincidence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_coincidence
• iopq 12y ago
  Not enough people have downvote powers and too many people have upvote powers.