On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:11:50AM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > Comp does not need actual infinities, but it still needs the > potential infinity of all finite things (integers, or something). > > But finitist physicalism is indeed a way out of comp. But then your > theory is non-computationalist. Do you say "no" to the doctor. You > have already answer "no", and later "yes", so I am not sure. Which > is it? >
I would agree that finitism contradicts comp, because it contradicts arithmetic realism (some numbers are not as real as others), but why do you suggest that finitism contradicts "Yes doctor"? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
