Topic: The Library of Babel

Anonymous A started this discussion 11 years ago #47,051

According to Vsauce, everything that could have ever been written including imagery is contained within this library.

So does this mean it's possible to find the works of George R. R. Martin?

https://libraryofbabel.info/

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 11 years ago, 42 minutes later[^] [v] #618,930

Type in Sophie posts and this thing finds it.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #618,931

@previous (A)
vsauce is a sophie conspiracy

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #618,937

Is it possible to find the works of a certain author without having to own a copy of the novel?

Because this defeats the purpose of it being called "a library".

Anonymous B replied with this 11 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #618,938

@previous (A)
Reading library books infringes copyright and should be punished with $100,000/day and 15 years in prison.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #618,939

@previous (B)
What if the work existed before the author penned it?

Anonymous B replied with this 11 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #618,942

@previous (A)
Bootstrap paradox?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #618,943

@previous (B)
Or a chimp typing at the keyboard eventually penning the complete work of Shakespeare.

Anonymous B replied with this 11 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #618,944

@previous (A)
Everything you have ever read is just a different combination of the same 26 letters.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 23 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,950

I wrote an unfinished short story to search this library.

You can read it on page 184 of volume 7 of self 5 on wall 3 of this hexagon:

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Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,956

@OP
> According to Vsauce, everything that could have ever been written including imagery is contained within this library.
>
> So does this mean it's possible to find the works of George R. R. Martin?

Sure. If you had the resources to just put some characters and punctuation in every order possible forever, then yes. You will have every book ever. If you want to arrange 0s and 1s in every possible configuration ever then you would have every program, image, or any digital content ever. You would also be guilty of possessing child pornography, worms, botnet software, and all manner of plans to secret weapons and weapons that don't exist yet.

Can you do this?? Well, no. Not in your lifetime unless you have infinite time and resources. There are certain beings posited to exist that do have infinite time and resources, but they don't care much about copyright or trademark infringements. If they did care about copyright or trademark infringements, then I would take them less seriously as "gods" and more like patent trolls who live too long.

Maybe... if quantum computing ramps up and lives up to what it thinks it can do, then you might be able to do this. But I'm skeptical.

Anonymous B replied with this 11 years ago, 11 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,959

@previous (D)
Are you saying quantum computing thinks?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,965

@618,956 (D)
In quantum computing, does this mean things are truly random?

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 7 seconds later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,966

The works of George R. R. Martin would be a good start, but the works of George R. R. R. Martin would be even better.

Anonymous D replied with this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,968

@618,959 (B)
I honestly have no idea what the limits are of what quantum computing claims to do. It seems kind of fuzzy, and I am a little skeptical of the whole "inventing information out of nothing" bit. It seems a little dodgy in my opinion, but my opinion has been wrong before. There are very educated people who seem to put a lot of faith in it's future, so maybe it is going to be a thing.

Anonymous D double-posted this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,969

@618,966 (E)
That like... pirate^3! Way more R's! I would like some J R^4 Tolkien.

Anonymous B replied with this 11 years ago, 5 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,971

@previous (D)
George R. R. R. Tolkien and the Hobbits of Westeros?

Anonymous D replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,973

@previous (B)
Someone needs to write this.

Anonymous B replied with this 11 years ago, 4 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,974

@previous (D)
Quantum Authors Inc is only a singularity event away.

Anonymous D replied with this 11 years ago, 41 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,989

@previous (B)
> is only a singularity event away.
Hmmm... I'm still skeptical.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 7 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #618,991

@618,966 (E)
How about "A Sale of Two Titties" by Charles Dikkens?

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