The internet is one of those places where if you are wrong, someone might well write a Nobel-worthy response just to win the argument.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-an-anonymous-4chan-post-help...
https://www.wired.com/story/how-an-anonymous-4chan-post-help...
Compression algorithms detect recurring blocks and remove them with a special symbol and I think the shortest path would be uncompressable with compression algorithms.