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23 April 2024

  • curprev 01:5401:54, 23 April 2024‎ Gwern talk contribs‎ 56,709 bytes +1,350‎ →‎Leibniz and the I Ching: hammer it in with an extended quote from Liebniz about how he was ''not' undo
  • curprev 01:5101:51, 23 April 2024‎ Gwern talk contribs‎ 55,359 bytes +135‎ →‎History: Liebniz was ''not'' inspired by the I Ching. He had already developed binary notation before the Jesuit Bouvet, reading Leibniz's letters, explained to him how the I Ching ''also'' used binary notation; see https://gwern.net/doc/cs/1980-swiderski.pdf#page=8 it was the parallel invention that so impressed them, as it supposedly meant a universal Christian truth; if Leibniz had simply copied it, it wouldn't've, obviously...
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