I know, me neither. The article said it was first posed in 1970 and it's a conjecture that assumes the possibility of creating a map that can lead people to get to x point, in the same amount of time, regardless of the starting point.
Thing is, I can sort of see it in terms of data stream, for example, but I can't picture it in real life. A mathematician said this about it: "Say you've lost an e-mail and you want to get it back — it would be guaranteed," he said. "Let's say you are lost in a town you have never been in before and you have to get to a friend's house and there are no street signs — the directions will work no matter what."
We are scratching our heads over here. But then again, 38 years, I think we should really keep that in mind...
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Date: 2008-03-23 01:56 am (UTC)Thing is, I can sort of see it in terms of data stream, for example, but I can't picture it in real life. A mathematician said this about it: "Say you've lost an e-mail and you want to get it back — it would be guaranteed," he said. "Let's say you are lost in a town you have never been in before and you have to get to a friend's house and there are no street signs — the directions will work no matter what."
We are scratching our heads over here. But then again, 38 years, I think we should really keep that in mind...