Bit

Relation to computers

Bits are heavily used in the computer industry. Each bit in a traditional computer architecture has a determinate value of either 0 or 1.[note 1] The 0-or-1 value can be then interpreted either numerically for constructing larger numbers (using the base-2 numeral system), or as false or true (respectively). The latter interpretation can then be used for logical (or conditional) computations. A modern computer can contain many billions bits in memory alone, and the demand is skyrocketing. Luckily, bits seem to be a renewable resource.

Relation to creationism

The concept of a bit is unique in that it is the only truly irreducibly complex object known. In most cases, when creationists are asked how much they actually know about evolution, a truthful yet diplomatic answer would be "a bit". In real life that doesn't happen, possibly because they believe bits of information can be complex and/or specified.

In many cases, creationists believe that they possess this mythical kind of information, resulting in their hallmark state of being perpetually not even wrong.

Notes
  1. In contrast, quantum computers use qubits.
gollark: What would a good benchmark be?
gollark: Sure, why not.
gollark: If you want to implement *loads* of features, it may make sense to just call into lua from another language, but that is probably unnecessary.
gollark: I mean, on the other hand, it's probably much slower than just using a library.
gollark: Is that a... translucent terminal? OH, THE HORROR.

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