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Comment Sorry, but I would prefer... (Score 1) 588

...to learn the languages of countries that I might actually want to visit because they aren't yet censor-happy dictatorships / overflowing with toxic pollution / not biased against female children / not known for selling toxic crap overseas. I'd love to visit Japan, but you could not pay me to visit China any more than you could pay me to visit North Korea.

I have nothing against the Chinese people, but they allowed their government to get out of control, and their government cares more about keeping outside ideas out of its populace than improving health and safety and living conditions, and now their country probably un-redeemable.

Comment Re:So is there a message (from God?) (Score 1) 299

I believe in God, and I enjoyed the book, but the bit about God hiding messages in Pi was ridiculous.

If a simple function can calculate arbitrary digits of a mathematical constant, then no message deliberately hidden within that constant could be more complex than the function itself.

Also, I can see how God could manipulate a physical constant if He wanted to, but surely not a mathematical one!

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