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>>15807763

see gif in >>15804898


sqrt(2) is metaphysical as, for every digit you iterate, its place on the number line always moves, it has no precision no matter how much length you give it. Attempts to physicalize the number with a clever base also prove futile.

Interesting attempts to partially physicalize the number are found in >>15804890 in ybc 7289 where the specific approximation yields 6 accurate digits, but, more critically, makes the undiscernable string of sqrt(2) and makes it a cleaner 296 repeating

1.414213562373095 ... more random digits
1.41421296296296296.... ybc 7289 approximation

clearly one is more ordered than the other

1 is a physical number, as there comes a point when calculating increased precision yields no change on the number line 1.0000... it has a perfect precision at finite length