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Patrick Jane PSI DEBUNK (updated)
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Doc who is about to be erased from existence: Pj supercomputer level PSI feat
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assumptions of the feat
PJ used Zeller's algorithm
Zeller's algorithm is basically (as its name suggests) a mathematical algorithm that allows us to calculate what day of the week X day of X year fell on.
In the Doc of the feat we are told that Patrick Jane used this calculation method to know that May 31, 1976 was a Monday
“Well the series doesn't explain how Patrick Jane calculated it, so we use the simplest method as a basis.”
But here's the problem: The creators of this Doc assume that PJ used this algorithm to know what day it was, which is quite unlikely and in reality the idea that he used a much simpler method, such as the Doomsday rule, is never ruled out:
Doomsday method (made by JohnConway):
Century Anchor Day for 1900s: Wednesday
Calculate the Doomsday for the specific year (1976).
Let yy be the last two digits of the year (76).
The formula is: (yy + floor(yy/4)) mod 7.
* yy = 76
* floor(yy/4) = floor(76/4) = 19
* 76 + 19 = 95
* 95 mod 7:
* 95 / 7 = 13 with a remainder of 4 (since 13 * 7 = 91, and 95 - 91 = 4).
So, the Doomsday for the year 1976 is the Century Anchor Day + 4 days.
* * Wednesday + 4 days = Wednesday (3) + 4 = 7.
* 7 mod 7 = 0.
* If we assign numbers to days (Sunday=0, Monday=1, ..., Saturday=6), then 0 is Sunday.
So, the Doomsday for 1976 is Sunday …
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