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I hate to rain on your parade but just because pi is an infinite sequence (a transcendental number even), doesn't necessarily mean that it contains every possible combination of digits. From wikipedia: “The digits appear to be randomly distributed, although no proof of this has yet been discovered.“
Hmmmm - if you have an infinitely long Pi, or any other number, it would take an infinite amount of time to find ALL the representations that do, or do not, "appear" in it.
The quote contains: "... and the answers to all the great questions of the universe ..."
I dispute this: on two grounds.
Firstly, it implies there are only a finite number of great questions.
Secondly, it implies that the answer to every question is finite. And surely 'what is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle' is a great question!
Prove it.
ReplyDeleteNO. I'm too lazy at the moment. Maybe next week.
ReplyDeleteI hate to rain on your parade but just because pi is an infinite sequence (a transcendental number even), doesn't necessarily mean that it contains every possible combination of digits.
ReplyDeleteFrom wikipedia:
“The digits appear to be randomly distributed, although no proof of this has yet been discovered.“
Tony
Hmmmm - if you have an infinitely long Pi, or any other number, it would take an infinite amount of time to find ALL the representations that do, or do not, "appear" in it.
ReplyDeleteit would take an infinite amount of time to find ALL the representations that do, or do not, "appear" in it
ReplyDeleteAnd when you did, I bet they'd be in an inconvenient compression format.
The quote contains: "... and the answers to all the great questions of the universe ..."
ReplyDeleteI dispute this: on two grounds.
Firstly, it implies there are only a finite number of great questions.
Secondly, it implies that the answer to every question is finite. And surely 'what is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle' is a great question!
Best regards
Sounds a bit like monkeys, Shakespeare and typewriters to me. But I like it all the same.
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Eh, sounds like a load of fanny batter to me Sir. I expect a full exposition of your hypothesis by the end of the working day........
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