Jochen - I know a lot of people who would like to "bobble up" until Nov 4 or maybe Jan 21 or maybe after 2030... but Vinge's tale is very much a cautionary one!
- Steve > Here is the link to the preprint > https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.02511 > > Quantum theory is mentioned in the article only in the introduction, > although the place where Quantum Theory and General Relativity meet is > where it gets interesting :-/ > > Time travel is an interesting topic. Time travel forward in time (as > it is described for example in the novel "Marooned in Realtime" by > Vernor Vinge) is far more likely than time travel back in time. > > -J. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: cody dooderson <[email protected]> > Date: 9/26/20 22:52 (GMT+01:00) > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > <[email protected]> > Subject: [FRIAM] Time travel article > > An article came out recently about a proof that time travel would not > lead to the butterfly effect. > https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/amp34146674/paradox-free-time-travel-is-possible/ > . This sounds great but does anybody understand it enough to explain > it to a novice? Has this idea been around for a while, because > Netflix's show The Umbrella Academy touches on it? > The article says that the proof is backed up by research from Los > Alamos and some experience with random walkers. I am pretty familiar > with the latter. My experience is that some random walkers, a > recursive path search, and patience can solve a lot of basic computer > science problems. > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
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