On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 8:06 AM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Add 2 +2 on your computer. Observe the output. Hit your computer as hard >> as you can with the hammer. Add 2 +2 on your computer again. Observe if the >> output has changed. Note that a hammer can change physical things but can't >> change arithmetic. >> > > *> From this logic we can conclude that past points in time belong in > arithmetic (since we can't change it, and it doesn't change).* > In a way that's true, you can record a image of the past as a static pattern that can be described as a number, but you can't calculate with nothing but a static pattern; and it's got to be a pattern of something, in most modern computers it's a pattern of voltages. 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2hbbB9vSCCzzw%3DU52gQrz3vKV2d%2Bv3tQ-v2bMra%3D7V%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.
