Re: Introduction (Digital Physics)

2001-06-18 Thread rwas rwas
Hello, --- Joel Dobrzelewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Russell and Brent: I understand this is an extreme position, but I state it this way on purpose: to bring the issue to the foreground and get to the heart of the problem of science today. As long as we insist that continuous

Re: why not high complexity?

2001-06-18 Thread Karl Stiefvater
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OO O O Othen lim i-inf e(i) = inf. O O This will not give you a uniform O distribution on infinitely many things. O O O O yes. i agree. O O

leaping Leporidae

2001-06-18 Thread Joel Dobrzelewski
Hello again... I'm finding these (older) discussions about flying rabbits to be quite interesting. :) Let me inject these thoughts... 1. The absence of flying rabbits from our (apparent) collective history does not seem to me to be evidence that they do not exist in other worlds. Nor does it

Re: Introduction (Digital Physics)

2001-06-18 Thread Russell Standish
You picked a bad example with pi. Many mathematicians manipulate pi with exact precision in their calculations. Many use computer programs to do this also, eg Mathematica. The lack of any possible representation as a rational number does not prove a barrier to this. Your point would be better