Tag: pi
What Deep Social Change Underlies the War on Math?
The universal language of science is sinking under the weight of claims about trauma and privilege.
Breaking ChatGPT: Its Inability to Find Patterns in Numerical Sequences
Pattern completion tasks like this have been part of aptitude testing for a long time. The NSA and CIA, for instance, have used them to help in hiring analysts.
Unexplained — Maybe Unexplainable — Numbers Control the Universe
Richard Feynman called 1/137, the fine structure constant, “a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man.”