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If
you
line
up
the
entire
text
of
'Moby
Dick'
Which
was
published
in
1851
Into
a
giant
rectangle
You
may
notice
some
peculiar
patterns
Like
these
words
Which
seem
to
predict
the
assassination
of
Martin
Luther
King
Or
these
references
to
the
1997
death
of
Princess
Di
So
was
Herman
Melville
a
secret
prophet
?
The
answer
is
no
And
we
know
that
thanks
to
a
mathematical
principle
Called
Ramsey
theory
It's
the
reason
we
can
find
geometric
shapes
in
the
night
sky
It's
why
we
can
know
without
checking
That
at
least
two
people
in
London
Have
exactly
the
same
number
of
hairs
on
their
head
And
it
explains
why
patterns
can
be
found
in
just
about
any
text
Even
Vanilla
Ice
lyrics
So
what
is
Ramsey
theory?
Simply
put
it
states
that
given
enough
elements
in
a
set
or
structure
Some
particular
interesting
pattern
among
them
Is
guaranteed
to
emerge
As
a
simple
example
let's
look
at
what's
called
the
party
problem
A
classic
illustration
of
Ramsey
theory
Suppose
there
are
at
least
six
people
at
a
party
Amazingly
enough
we
can
say
for
sure
That
some
group
of
three
of
them
either
all
know
each
other
Or
have
never
met
before
Without
knowing
a
single
thing
about
them
We
can
demonstrate
that
by
graphing
out
all
the
possibilities
Each
point
represents
a
person
And
a
line
indicates
that
the
pair
know
each
other
Every
pair
only
has
two
possibilities
they
either
Know
each
other
or
they
don't
There
are
a
lot
of
possibilities
But
every
single
one
has
the
property
that
we're
looking
for
Six
is
the
lowest
number
of
guests
where
that's
Guaranteed
to
be
the
case
Which
we
can
express
like
this
Ramsey
theory
gives
us
a
guarantee
That
such
a
minimum
number
exists
for
certain
patterns
But
no
easy
way
to
find
it
In
this
case
as
the
total
number
of
guests
grows
higher
The
combinations
get
out
of
control
For
instance
say
you're
trying
to
find
out
the
minimum
size
of
a
party
Where
there's
a
group
of
five
people
who
all
know
Each
other
or
all
don't
Despite
five
being
a
small
number
The
answer
is
virtually
impossible
to
discover
Through
an
exhaustive
search
like
this
That's
because
of
the
sheer
volume
of
possibilities
A
party
with
48
guests
has
2^
possible
configurations
More
than
the
number
of
atoms
in
the
Universe
Even
with
the
help
of
computers
The
best
we
know
is
that
the
answer
to
this
question
Is
somewhere
between
43
and
49
guests
What
this
shows
us
is
that
specific
patterns
With
seemingly
astronomical
odds
Can
emerge
from
a
relatively
small
set
And
with
a
very
large
set
the
possibilities
are
almost
endless
Any
four
stars
where
no
three
lie
in
a
straight
line
Will
form
some
quadrilateral
shape
Expand
that
to
the
thousands
of
stars
we
can
see
in
the
sky
And
it's
no
surprise
that
we
can
find
all
sorts
of
familiar
shapes
And
even
creatures
if
we
look
for
them
So
what
are
the
chances
of
a
text
concealing
a
prophecy
?
Well
when
you
factor
in
the
number
of
letters
The
variety
of
possible
related
words
And
all
their
abbreviations
and
alternate
spellings
They're
pretty
high
You can
try
it
yourself
Just
pick
a
favorite
text
Arrange
the
letters
in
a
grid
And
see
what
you can
find
The
mathematician
TS
Motzkin
once
remarked
that
'while
disorder
is
more
probable
in
general
Complete
disorder
is
impossible'
The
sheer
size
of
the
Universe
guarantees
That
some
of
its
random
elements
Will
fall
into
specific
arrangements
And
because
we
evolved
to
notice
patterns
And
pick
out
signals
among
the
noise
We are
often
tempted
to
find
intentional
meaning
Where
there
may
not
be
any
So
while
we
may
be
awed
by
hidden
messages
In
everything
from
books
To
pieces
of
toast
To
the
night
sky
Their
real
origin
is
usually
our
own
minds