On 4 March 2014 08:00, meekerdb <[email protected]> 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 [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.
