Stathis Papaioannou writes:
There has been some discussion in recent posts about Tipler's Omega Point
theory, which postulates that an infinite amount of subjective time can
be squeezed into the last few moments of a collapsing universe. This
is straightforward mathematically using infinite
From: Stathis Papaioannou
...an infinite amount of subjective time can be squeezed
into the last few moments of a collapsing universe
This reminds me of a strange story
I've learned long time ago.
A dynamical system which passes
through a succession of states,
at constant time
Unfortunately, sensationalists articles that are completely baloney appear
in most scientific journals from time to time.
Nature published an article claiming that if the fine structure conswtant is
changing, as suggested by some astronomical observations, then this change
must be due to a change
I thought that quantum theory (in all its flavours and interpretations)
*does* imply that reality isdigital. For example, if light is quantised,
then the light reflected from a real object will produce a pixelated image,
albeit far more finely grained than the image on any computer screen. The
I don't know anything about Afshar, but I do know that
variable-speed-of-light (VSL) theories of quantum gravity are now being
considered seriously by physics journals and by some leading physicists.
Joao Maguiejo (sp?) has a popular book on the topic entitled Faster than
the Speed of Light.
That's correct, but such theories can be mapped to
theories with constant C. Ultimately only dimensionless constants matter,
all other constants are just conversion factors.
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Danny Mayes writes:
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This is my understanding as well. Also, in regards to Hal's comments about
how unlikely the OP theory is, or how our universe does not appear likely to
collapse, even accepting these points if the OP computer is physically
possible it must occur under the MWI (somewhere
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