On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Russell Standish <li...@hpcoders.com.au> wrote:
> >> Yes, if you used a arbitrarily large number of electrons you could get >> a arbitrarily large number of digits, and you could do the same thing with a >> arbitrarily large number of dice. But if physics works by Real Numbers >> why can't we do the same thing with just one fundamental particle like one >> electron? Again I'm not claiming to have a answer I'm just asking a >> question. >> > > > Assuming that position lies on a continuum, Obviously if position or time lies on a continuum then physics will need a continuum of numbers to do it's job (the Real Numbers). But the big question is are they? There is no experimental evidence to indicate that either is on a continuum and there are lots of theoretical reasons that suggest that they do not. > and assuming that our technological prowess shows no bounds to how > accurate we can measure something Even if they are on a continuum measuring them to infinite or even arbitrary accuracy could only happen if the laws of physics are not what we think they are. That is of course always possible but invoking new laws of physics should be the last resort not the first. > then yes, Given all the above I agree, then yes. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
