Please forgive - not a physicist. Ian mentioned something about a Bose-Einstein Condensate for computer programming once, and this really jumped out at me.
I've seen math and I've seen biology applied, at least in metaphor, to our problems. I can't think of a lot of stories about applying physics to these troubles, and I wonder why. I keep hearing about purely mathematical type systems. I will admit that being focused on "type" seems to have been a bit of an intellectual digression for me, perhaps because the Air Force base really wanted me to take classes centered on Ada, and when I eventually found Smalltalk, I felt almost a sense of relief. I don't think I've ever seen a set of types that looked anything like #(strong weak electro slipperyGraviton) asSet. Maybe it's because this is too much like a type system for an assembly language? I probably don't have sufficient command of these fields to even ask smart questions. I'm asking anyway. With the discussion of "particles and fields" it seems at least topical. Any takers? _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
