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What
is
the
Feynman
Point?
The
Feynman
Point
was
named
after
Nobel
Prize-winning
physicist
Richard
Feynman
(1918–1988),
who
once
joked
he
wanted
to
memorize
pi
up
to
"999999
...
and
so
on
and
so
on,"
as
if
to
say
pi
continues
from
the
Feynman
Point
with
nines
forever.
This
is
not
true,
of
course,
and
the
sequence
of
nines
is
a
mere
coincidence—thus,
the
joke
of
the
Feynman
Point.
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What is the Feynman Point? The Feynman Point was named after Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (1918–1988), who once joked he wanted to memorize pi up to 999999 ... and so on and so on,
as if to say pi continues from the Feynman Point with nines forever. This is not true, of course, and the sequence of nines is a mere coincidence—thus, the joke of the Feynman Point.
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