Hi Case, Yes, at the most fundamental levels of "physics" these rounding errors are "quanta". and at this level of about as "absolute" as one can get, we are as Davdi M implies in the realm of metaphors on top of metaphors, with little hope of anything we can experience directly.
Ian On 4/12/07, Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Ian} > Assuming you were talking chaotic patterns in repeated calculations ? > > Interesting, it's an accurate metaphor in the sense that the rounding limits > - in a calculating machine - are properties of the machine that manifest > themselves in the patterns. > > ie the patterns are part of physical laws, but they are inherent in the > process of interaction, calculation upon calculation, rather than the static > machine. > > The attractors (patterns) exist but they exist in a "strange" dynamic space. > > David's "Why" is of course a mixed question of explanation and/or purpose > ... ? > > [Case] > The problem with rounding error is much deeper than this I fear. The > Platonic Ideal was the product of the idealized world created by Greek > mathematics. Points, lines and planes do not exist and the real world. > Perfectly defined length and breadth do not exist in the real world. Nothing > in reality is exactly one meter in length. It was this "lack of perfection" > or slop in the real world that made the ideal world seem perfect and the > real world ugly. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Case/Ron > > > > The real mystery is why are there patterns and repeats? > > > > David M > > > > David, > > My hunch is the manifestation of static quality. > > The value mechanism called quality is the real mystery to me > > Did you catch any of the 2+2=5 rounding error posts > > That Case and I kicked around? I feel the rounding > > Limit in mathmatics is a perfect example and a relaivly > > Accurate metaphor for this phenomena. > > -Ron > > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
