On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 11:47 AM smitra <[email protected]> wrote: On 04-08-2022 17:41, Alan Grayson wrote:
>> I *recall Bruce giving an example of an irreversible process, but I **can't >> recall the details. AG* > > > *> Probably a FAPP irreversible process.* > If states X and Y can both produce Z then it's irreversible because if you look at Z you have no way of knowing if the previous state was X or Y. A good example of that would be Conway's Game of Life, it's completely deterministic but it's not reversible. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> nrr -- 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/CAJPayv1tn9zpZevdg9SFQC7mmnQFRLZYdY%3DdoCO8mWaZg5McXA%40mail.gmail.com.
