On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:37 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > >> Our computers are only emulating (mimicking) mathematical objects which >> perform these computations. > > > You've got it exactly precisely backwards. > > Our > mathematical objects > > are only emulating (mimicking) > computers > which perform these computations. > If you doubt this ask yourself 2 questions: > > 1) Does the simple emulate the complex or does the complex emulate the > simple? > 2) Which is more complex, a Turing Machine or a silicon processor that > obeys all the laws of physics? > A Turing machine has unlimited memory. No physical computer built to date has unlimited memory, so our approximations of ideal mathematical objects known as Turing machines, will remain approximations. There will be things Turing machines can compute, but our physical approximations cannot compute due to limited memory or time. Jason -- 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.
