On 3/3/2019 4:52 AM, Philip Thrift wrote:
Here's an example David Wallace presents (as an "outlandish"
possibility): Suppose in *pi *(which is computable, so has a /program/
(a spigot one, in fact) that produces its digits. Suppose somewhere in
that stream of digits is the Standard Model Equation
(say written in LaTeX/Math but rendered here)
https://www.sciencealert.com/images/Screen_Shot_2016-08-03_at_3.20.12_pm.png
So what could this mean? (He sort of leaves it hanging.)
Nothing. Given a suitable mapping the SM Lagrangian can be found in any
sequence of symbols. It's just a special case of the rock that computes
everything.
Brent
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