| two conjectures on why 4 is not using four bars. 1.) suppose it's true, then how to deal with 5? or 6? it becomes more and more difficult to identify. hence a new strategy need to be implemented. 2.) it may be related to the classic Yi Jing which was originated almost three thousands years ago. Yi uses 3 drawings of Yin (--) and Yang (__) to represent the world. and that's 2^3*2^3 = 64 combinations. People were thinking this is enough. (not long ago, computers are still using 16 drawings of 0 and 1, that is, 64k states to represent the world. and even today, most cryptography are based on 128 drawings.) |
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