On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
*>Study what diophantine equations are capable of (for example, considers > the examples I provided in my original post), and you will see they possess > an unlimited working memory.* > I did and I'll be damned if I understand how all the Diophantine equations in the world put together can store one bit of information, much less a unlimited amount, you certainly never said how on earth they could do it, and the scientists at Intel can't figure out how to do it either that's why they're still using silicon. > > > *I also recommend reading Gregory Chaitin's book* > Gregory Chaitin is on record saying that he doesn't think the Real Numbers exist, and his book describes calculations but it can't make calculations any better than the books Bruno recommends. > > Special relativity strongly suggests that our physical existence is > similarly timeless, it is unchanging and unchangeable, a static > four-dimensional block universe. > If we're talking about consciousness its irrelevant what things are like from a objective viewpoint because subjectively time is the single most important characteristic of existence. *>If, as you say, anything goes, why are the only solutions to the > Fibonacci yielding Diophantine equation I posted, only crank out the > correct answers?* > Those equations don't crank out anything unless there is matter to form a crank and energy to turn the crank, otherwise the equations just sit on the printed page inert and dead. > > Why does the Deep-Blue equation, only crank out the correct chess move > that Deep Blue would make? > The Deep-Blue equation doesn't crank out anything either unless its put into Deep Blue machine. And even then nothing will happen unless the machine is connected to the electrical power grid. > > > *Recursive functions often have the property of slightly permuting the > input with each invocation. * > And each invocation requires matter and each invocation requires energy. > > John Conway's game of life exists in the world of pure numbers > No it does not. Conway invented the game using hos physical brain. And the like pattern remains static unless it's run on a computer or laboriously computed by a human and played by hand. Hawking asked "What is it that breathes fire into the equations?", the answer is matter and energy. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
