The Towers of Hanoi

The Legend. In an ancient city in India, priests in a temple are given the task of moving a pile of 64 sacred disks from one location to another. The disks are fragile; only one can be carried at a time. A disk may not be placed on top of a smaller, less valuable disk. And, there is only one other location in the temple (besides the original and destination locations) sacred enough that a pile of disks can be placed.

So, the priests start moving disks back and forth, between the original pile, the pile at the new location, and the intermediate location, always keeping the piles in order (largest on the bottom, smallest on the top). Legend has it that before the priests make the final move to complete the pile in the new location, the temple will turn to dust and the world will end. Is there any truth to this legend?

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