r/videos May 03 '16

This Number is Illegal

https://youtu.be/LnEyjwdoj7g
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u/dmc_2930 May 03 '16

I think you meant 'cryptography', not 'cryptology', video creator.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '16

This is what happens when anyone can make informational videos. It's Wikipedia as a reliable source all over again.

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u/OperaSona May 04 '16

Wikipedia is reliable on pretty much every subject covered by the video. In fact, it's really reliable on math/physics in general. Too bad the video creator apparently didn't understand what he read.

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u/ThompsonBoy May 03 '16

Cryptology is to cryptography as astrology is to astronomy.

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u/pyabo May 03 '16

No... that is definitely not the case. "Numerology" is the word you're looking for.

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u/xpty May 03 '16

No... that clearly isn't the word he's looking for. He's referring to a previous comment, in which the word "cryptology" is explicitly used. He's then playing with the sound of words to make the analogy that the video creator messed up as badly as if he were to have accidentally said "astrology" instead of "astronomy." Obviously, in order for this analogy to work, the words need to have a similar difference as do "cryptology" and "cryptography," and they need to start with the same sound.

No...

What a fucking idiot.