The Value of Words

[Cris]

The Value of words:

Pythagorean theorem: 24 words.

The Lord's Prayer: 66 words.

Archimedes' Principle: 67 words.

The 10 Commandments: 179 words.

The Gettysburg Address: 286 words.

The Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words.

The US Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words.

 

[~The_Chosen~]

Originally posted by Cris
The US Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words.

LMAO!!

 

[pooyak]

i don't get your point

 

[Avatar]

words alone have no value
they have to be linked to valuable thoughts

 

[Thor]

Does directions to gold count as valuable thoughts?

 

[Walker]

You could probably divide or multiply the number of words for each of those thoughts by two, if you were to express them in some other language. Half of them weren't written in english to begin with.