On 10/5/07, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vladimir Nesov wrote: > > Richard, > > > > It's a question of notation. Yes, you can sometimes formulate > > difficult problems succinctly. GoL is just another formalism in which > > it's possible. What does it have to do with anything? > > It has to do with the argument in my paper.
Strictly speaking, it doesn't answer that question. > Can there ever be a scientific theory that > predicts all the "interesting creatures" given only the rules? Which is equivalent to asking "can there be a feasible solution to that immensely difficult, but succinctly formulated problem?" In general, no. But you can solve it on 'good enough' level by experimenting with simulation. Reasonable. Yet it's strange to frame it as something that is usually never done. -- Vladimir Nesov mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=50292866-29991d
