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1. orungano

   I'm reminded of the video I watched today. If we ever find the end of pi or that it repeats, that could mean we're in an AI simulation, as a simulator wouldn't have enough space to contain a whole irrational number, and so would just make it stupidly long so we'd think it's never-ending.

   Saturday, 28-Feb-15 03:11:51 UTC from web
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   • Lee

     @tiffany Pretty sure it's Vsauce's newest.

     Saturday, 28-Feb-15 03:13:45 UTC in context
   • Lee

     @tiffany Also. ^5

     Saturday, 28-Feb-15 03:13:54 UTC in context
   • Narwhal

     @tiffany The problem is then, like any irrational number, we would need a method of representing it as a fraction a/b wherein b is not 0, which is currently impossible. So it's not just a question of finding the end, but proving it's not even irrational to begin with.

     Saturday, 28-Feb-15 03:13:56 UTC in context
   • orungano Lee

     @beatstrings Yeah, Vsauce

     Saturday, 28-Feb-15 03:14:19 UTC in context