On 18 January 2015 at 18:27, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do you believe that *one and only one* of the following statements is >> true? >> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 0 >> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 1 >> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 2 >> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 3 >> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 4 >> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 5 >> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 6 >> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 7 >> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 8 >> the 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit of pi is 9 >> Either you answer yes, or no to that question. If you answer yes, I don't >> see how you can escape mathematical realism. > > Seth Lloyd has estimated that the maximum number of computations that could be performed in the visible universe is about 10^121 operations on 10^90 bits, if this is insufficient to find your number is it meaningful to say pi has a 10^(10^(10^100))th decimal digit? I don't know, it depend on if mathematics gave rise to physics or physics gave rise to mathematics. John K Clark -- 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/d/optout.
