時差N小時:神奇的字符串(下)

An Australian computer scientistnamed Brendan McKay set out recently to demonstrate that the same thing can be done withany long book. He applied Drosnin’s observational selection technique to Moby Dick andproduced such eerie phrases as “M L King” next to “To be shot by them” and “Princess Di” nextto “mortal in the jaws of death.” So by throwing away all the strings that spell nothing, you canjust wait until eventually a coincidence comes along. That’s the error of observationalselection.

一個叫做Brendan McKay的澳大利亞計算機(jī)科學(xué)家最近證明從任何書都能組成神奇的字符串。他把Drosnin的觀測選擇技術(shù)應(yīng)用到《Moby Dick》書中，產(chǎn)生了怪誕的短語“M L王”，緊挨著短語“被他們槍斃”。“公主迪”緊挨著短語“死亡魔爪下的道德”。所以拋棄所有沒有意思的字符串，你耐心等待直到形成新的組合即可。這就是觀測選擇的缺點(diǎn)。