S02E11 Finch對π的講解是我聽過最好的

感謝字幕組。

Student girl: My friend has a question, Mr. Swift. 「What is any of this good for, and when would we ever use it?」

(The class laughs.)

Finch: Let me show you. π. The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. And this is just the beginning. It keeps on going. Forever. Without ever repeating. Which means that contained within this string of decimals is every single other number. Your birth date, combination to your locker, your social security number. It's all in there somewhere. And if you convert these decimals into letters, you would have every word that ever existed in every possible combination. The first syllable you spoke as a baby, the name of your latest crush, your entire life story from beginning to end. Everything we ever say or do, all of the world's infinite possibilities rest within this one simple circle. Now what you do with that information, what it's good for, well, that would be up to you.

聽到社保號碼我笑了。我以為這段話是數學的勝利，同時也是文學的勝利。當然了，script就喪失了那種表現力和感染力，ME的表演給予這段話靈魂。

補於一月十五日：

回頭重新看了一下，發現這段話非常關鍵，其實道出了Finch這個人物的核心意義。正是在無限的數據，也就是窮盡所有排列組合可能的無限的0和1中，Finch可以了解一個人的一生，了解「all of the world's infinite possibilities」。他如何使用這些資訊？這些數據能帶來什麼好處？Well, he has made his choice. 他這是在用自己的人生經驗真心地教導這些學生啊。

2014-11-25
這段精彩的講話居然真的有迴響。參見S04E08。如此老師，如此學生……激動得快炸裂了，編劇真是我的心之友哇……！

2014-12-19
http://www.guokr.com/article/439682/ 果殼有人考證反駁了Finch的邏輯T∇T。但是不影響我們的感受～雖說證明很重要，但是某些感悟也是無可取代的吶。   舉報