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They're probably the only things that "create" information in the sense that you can always grab another slice. Thank you delicious pi!

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[โ€“] RandomVideos@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

According to your reasoning, the Fibonacci numbers, or repeatedly applying a math operation to a number are infinite sources of information

[โ€“] josephmbasile@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Nah I replied to someone else with a similar thought. The Notorious Fibs sure I agree with you they are new information, similar to the primes but just adding +1 over an over again or even some repeating pattern doesn't add new information beyond the initial pattern.

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