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The problem with "Tupper's self-referential formula" is that it's not actually self-referential at all. It's just a method for encoding a bitmap that's encoded

The problem with "Tupper's self-referential formula" is that it's not actually self-referential at all. It's just a method for encoding a bitmap that's encoded in a constant value. That constant value is external data.

nsajko 12y ago
That's stated in the article.
omaranto 12y ago
Here's an actually self-referential variant that does include its magic number: http://jtra.cz/stuff/essays/math-self-reference/index.html http://jtra.cz/stuff/essays/math-self-reference/index.html