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How many decimals of pi do we need? (2016)
But it also contains all possible contradictions and negations of all possible secrets - so, you don't know which is the "true" secret.
corsac
on July 3, 2022
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I love this response. Deflates the enchantment right out of Borges' library (and Nietzsche's eternal return, and fantasies about mystical significance of pi), which always bothered me somehow anyway.
mrbukkake
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This is directly mentioned in Borges' story
corsac
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No doubt it's directly mentioned in that blasted library too, along with any number of perfect refutations.
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