Re: Emulation and Stuff

From: Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:23:03 +1000

2009/8/14 Brent Meeker <meekerdb.domain.name.hidden>:

> A good summary, David.  However, there are some other possibilities.
> Physics as now conceived is based on real and complex numbers. It can
> only be approximated digitally.  QM supposes true randomness, which
> Turing machines can't produce.

As Bruno said, a branching algorithm can produce true randomness from
the perspective of the embedded observer.

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Stathis Papaioannou
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Received on Fri Aug 14 2009 - 23:23:03 PDT