On 4 March 2014 08:00, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 3/3/2014 10:57 AM, LizR wrote: > > What is this "everything" which is "computational" ? Specifically, what > does the processing, what stores the results? A computation needs states > and a programme and input and output data. What are these, where are they > stored? Also, a computation uses energy and (I think when erasing) raises > entropy. Starting with something that is ill defined doesn't bode well for > the rest of the theory. > > You should ask these questions of Bruno. ;-) >
I have, of course (as have others on this list and FOAR). I believe the answer involves arithmetic realism and the Church-Turing thesis, and something to do with how numbers can be computations relative to other numbers - I don't pretend to understand it completely, but at least Bruno is trying, patiently and politely, to educate me to the point where I can grasp what he's saying. And then, hopefully, I'll be able to decide for myself whether I think he's right or not. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
