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In [[wikipedia:The_Library_of_Babel|Borges' The Library of Babel]], there is a thought experiment where all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set are available to anyone.
In [[wikipedia:The_Library_of_Babel|Borges' The Library of Babel]], there is a thought experiment where all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set are available to anyone. Essentially, within our own confines this represents all knowledge humans '''could''' possibly produce. This is analogous to the internet.

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In Borges' The Library of Babel, there is a thought experiment where all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set are available to anyone. Essentially, within our own confines this represents all knowledge humans could possibly produce. This is analogous to the internet.

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