Library of Babel
posted by Luis Rocha at 10:25
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I-101: Introduction to Informatics
2007/01/06
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The mathematical side of this story was absolutly fascination, every permutation of a number and character set forming a library of everything and nothing. A look at how and extremely logical concept can effect the not so logical human mind. If anyone cares to look, I have a lot more about the maths part at http://fdibart.blogspot.com/. Thanks!
The Library of Babel
This story of the Library of Babel is very difficult to follow. However the detail is amasing while trying to describe the library, it is probly a little to descriptive.
The Library of Babel was very good, I really liked this selection. However, it was very confusing while reading just because of the depth the author went into some things. Even though the story was very confusing, I enjoyed the fact that I had to really figure-out what was being stated and that made it more interesting to read.
Some parts were very difficult to comprehend what was being said, because of the way this piece was worded. It became clearer to me in my second reading what was being said.
The Library of Babel was very good, I really liked this selection. However, it was very confusing while reading just because of the depth the author went into some things. Even though the story was very confusing, I enjoyed the fact that I had to really figure-out what was being stated and that made it more interesting to read.
Some parts were very difficult to comprehend what was being said, because of the way this piece was worded. It became clearer to me in my second reading what was being said.
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To Me Library of Babel talked about, people and God. It first explained what the library looked like and how some people believe it is "infinite" meaning never stopping. He goes on explaining how 5 shelves of books look. These books must be very important to him because he talks about them and how they look for a while. I believe the Author of this piece was trying to get us into the writing by talking about a mystery of him not knowing what and where some books came from. But then he admits he knows now. I believe this piece was very well written and well drawn out. It may bore some people at the begging but if one would keep reading one would understand why the author would write this.
WOW this is a crazy concept to explain human existance, and the infinite universe. The relation between the universe and an infinite library filled with an infinite amount of catalogs explainging everything is pretty out there. I don't really buy it, but i can see how the theory works. The book that when read makes you godlike is a little too silly for me, but then again this library is not real. Although it was crazy in my opinion it was sort of interesting, but one thing i did not get was the random letters that cannot be combined.
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I was really confused after reading this piece, because the author used some weird vocabulary.But I can see he is trying to see how the world is "infinite" and just like the library has unlimited books.
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The article "Library of Babel" is an unique article that is sometimes hard to comprehend. It explains a library where the article's author lives. He is unsure why the library or why he himself exists, or what his purpose in life. He discusses how many of his collegues died in vain trying to find the "truth" about the library. The author believes that the library was created by a God and the library contains all books. When the author's collegues (which became known as inquisitors) heard the library contained all books they started their search for certain books that contained the truth of their existence. In the end, the author believes that all humans will be extinct, but the library will remain because it is unlimited and cyclical.
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I found the story very confusing. However, i enjoyed reading it because of the depth and creativity that went into this story. It was very interesting but i think i will have to read it once or twice more if i want to fully understand what Jorge is getting at.
-Eric Geldermann
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