Am So, 14. Jun 2020, um 09:23, schrieb Bruno Marchal: > >> On 12 Jun 2020, at 11:55, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I've been reading here often the claim that physics is about the "real >> stuff" and math is a human construction that helps us make sense of the real >> stuff, but it is just an approximation of reality. So here's a thought >> experiment on this topic. >> >> Let us imagine I program a digital computer to keep iterating through all >> possible integer values greater than 2 of the variables a, b, c and n. If >> the following condition is satisfied: >> >> a^n + b^n = c^n >> >> then the computer turns on a light. I let it run for one year. Will the >> light turn on during that year? >> >> So my questions are: >> >> (1) Can you use theoretical physics to make a correct prediction? > > Yes, by using the idea (in theoretical physics) that the physical reality > cannot contradict elementary arithmetic.
We agree. >> (2) Can you use math to make a correct prediction? > > > Yes, by assuming that the physical reality will not contradict Wiles’ proof > of Fermat. > > > >> >> Notice that I am asking a question that is as hard-nosed as it can be. No >> metaphysics, just a question about an observable event in a physical system >> during a well-defined time period. Will the light turn on? >> >> What gives? > > I have done the experience, and the light turned on during that year. My > prediction was false, and I thought that an experiment suggest something went > wrong in Wiles proof. Then I woke up :) This is the problem with putting too much faith in numbers, it may always be that one can still wake up :) (a little provocation) Telmo > Bruno > > > > >> >> Best, >> Telmo >> >> -- >> 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/fb819e76-2fdd-468c-b21a-96971764d8ab%40www.fastmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/fb819e76-2fdd-468c-b21a-96971764d8ab%40www.fastmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > 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/7B3D9F80-F164-4A5E-9EB7-0159A0ACDEE4%40ulb.ac.be > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/7B3D9F80-F164-4A5E-9EB7-0159A0ACDEE4%40ulb.ac.be?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/6e7a38cd-c402-4708-a959-5a56b30a1cd0%40www.fastmail.com.
