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Re:How many decimals of pi do we need? (2016) by 2-718-281-828 on Sunday July 03, 2022 @05:29AM (#31966378)
But it also contains all possible contradictions and negations of all possible secrets - so, you don't know which is the "true" secret.
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Re:How many decimals of pi do we need? (2016) by corsac on Sunday July 03, 2022 @07:25AM (#31966875)
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.
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Re:How many decimals of pi do we need? (2016) by mrbukkake on Sunday July 03, 2022 @10:08AM (#31967789)
This is directly mentioned in Borges' story
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Re:How many decimals of pi do we need? (2016) by corsac on Sunday July 03, 2022 @11:12AM (#31968293)
No doubt it's directly mentioned in that blasted library too, along with any number of perfect refutations.
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