--- On Thu, 10/30/08, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To make this more concrete - a physics/reductionist > approach cannot explain > the *plasticity* of matter. Natural objects are not like > artificial > objects - like a brick wall that can be deconstructed both > analytically and > physically into precise, discrete parts/bricks.
Yes it can. You could derive the fact that atoms can move relative to one another from their quantum wave equations. What you can't do is explain the universe in enough detail that you could predict all of the future events that matter to you. That's because you need 10^122 bits to describe the state of the observable universe in a deterministic model, and your brain only has 10^9 bits of memory. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
