That depends: does it “really” count as “knowing” if they have to consciously divide tau by two first?
I hope so. Because if memorizing a big number that can be combined with a simple algorithm in order to calculate digits of Pi counts as memorizing Pi then I’m claiming I know ‘infinity’ digits.
That depends: does it “really” count as “knowing” if they have to consciously divide tau by two first?
ETA: actually, the opposite would make more sense to me, with Harry memorizing fewer digits of tau than Hermione memorized of pi.
No, actually there is a single answer to this. This is a reference to a fanfic/rationality text Yudkowsky wrote—which is excellent by the way.
In his universe Harry has memorized around 6 digits of Pi and Hermione has memorized 100, because that is how many were in the back of her book.
Ah OK, I only read it once and it’s been a while. It’s never too late to retcon!
I hope so. Because if memorizing a big number that can be combined with a simple algorithm in order to calculate digits of Pi counts as memorizing Pi then I’m claiming I know ‘infinity’ digits.