TECH TREE
42
Calculated
English TECH TREE. Reverse reduction 42. Spaces ignored.
ArtCivilizationsScribe art
Two words from the strategy games. Reverse reduction 42. Musk later said knowledge is a semantic tree. The 42 is the English of TECH TREE, not a quote of his.
What it supports
Reverse reduction of TECHTREE: 7+4+6+1+7+9+4+4 = 42. Reproducible. Civilization’s technology tree is a known game object. Musk, January 6, 2015: knowledge as a semantic tree, trunk before leaves.
What it does not
Not Musk encoding 42. He said semantic tree. This card is two English words. Not a 42 in the Firaxis spec.
Calculation
Reverse reduction: T7+E4+C6+H1+T7+R9+E4+E4 = 42. Space ignored.
English reverse full reduction. Spaces ignored.
ExactnessCipher result
Form42
Unitcipher
Strengthreproducible
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