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The Library of Babel

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In any case, it is clear that a library containing all possible books, arranged at random, is equivalent (as a source of information) to a library containing zero books.^{[citation needed]}

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I was like “lol, pretty sure this was a borges story” then realised the article was, in fact, about said (really famous) story, and not just a clever connection I’d made

god, I’m a wanker

anyway, this article is really worth reading even if you haven’t read the story.  you should also read the story though.