Re:500'000€ Prize for Compressing Human Knowledge
by Al-Khwarizmi on Thursday September 14, 2023 @04:06AM
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Well, if you achieve this, you'll basically have proven that something (a bunch of information) equals nothing (no information). So 1=0.
Once you have that, becoming rich is trivial. Multiplying both sides of the equation by one trillion, 1 trillion = 0. So open a bank account with $0, now you have one trillion. Easy.
A funnier (although grimmer) way: let p be the world's population. Multiplying both sides of the equation by (p-1) you get p-1=0. Thus, p=1. If you assume that you exist (which is a reasonable assumption, following Descartes's reasoning) you now own all the wealth in the world.
Re:500'000€ Prize for Compressing Human Knowledge
by falloutx on Thursday September 14, 2023 @07:23AM
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I think personally I can compress $1b into 0 within a week, but $1tr would be a real challenge. Another thing I should point out that I don't support compressing people (for now).
Once you have that, becoming rich is trivial. Multiplying both sides of the equation by one trillion, 1 trillion = 0. So open a bank account with $0, now you have one trillion. Easy.
A funnier (although grimmer) way: let p be the world's population. Multiplying both sides of the equation by (p-1) you get p-1=0. Thus, p=1. If you assume that you exist (which is a reasonable assumption, following Descartes's reasoning) you now own all the wealth in the world.