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From what I heard since I've joined, I've understood that the purpose of Stack Exchange was to make a knowledge repository, but what if one day we document every single possible question which could be asked?

Would the site change policies if such a day came?

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    $\begingroup$ Related/possible duplicates: physics.meta.stackexchange.com/q/7181/50583, physics.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5173/50583, physics.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1096/50583 $\endgroup$ – ACuriousMind♦ Oct 6 '20 at 11:46
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    $\begingroup$ Paging Kurt Godel! Question in Physics Meta! $\endgroup$ – Jon Custer Oct 6 '20 at 12:19
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    $\begingroup$ What does "paging kurt godel" mean? $\endgroup$ – Buraian Oct 6 '20 at 12:29
  • $\begingroup$ The title doesn't match your question. Are you asking what we are striving for? Or are you asking what happens when we reach what we are striving for? $\endgroup$ – BioPhysicist Oct 6 '20 at 12:42
  • $\begingroup$ What happens the day when the site reaches it's purpose $\endgroup$ – Buraian Oct 6 '20 at 12:43
  • $\begingroup$ @Buraian - do you know who Kurt Godel was, and his Incompleteness Theorem? $\endgroup$ – Jon Custer Oct 6 '20 at 13:24
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    $\begingroup$ I suggest we delete at that point all homework and assignments questions, and start again! $\endgroup$ – ZeroTheHero Oct 7 '20 at 16:21
  • $\begingroup$ Afaik the count of the interesting, essentially different questions is $\aleph_0$. $\endgroup$ – peterh - Reinstate Monica Oct 8 '20 at 11:39

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