[2] Lem's law follows the structure of the argument about the non-existence of the world and the impossibility of knowledge and communication about it (even if it could exist) presented by Gorgias of Leontinoi.
And the third part is valid because a person has to free some space in their head for yet another piece of information.
[7] Lem's law is related to what Juliusz Łukasiewicz [pl] called the "ignorance explosion".
[8] In Poland, Lem's law is often referred to as an expression of the conviction that the overall level of literacy and general education declines.
[9][10][11][12][13] More generally, it has also been used as a humorous description of Lem's critique of the contemporary state of our civilization.