Le 28-juil.-05, à 06:20, Marc Geddes a écrit :
> O.K, perhaps I should clarify that and state that I
> think 'binary numbers' (0's and 1's) are the ultimate
> 'stuff' of reality. Pure binary maths by itself is
> not quite 'computation' is it? I think 'computation'
> requires that some minimal *meaning* be assigned to
> the 0's and 1's. So I could agree that the universe
> is not a computer. It's just pure binary math.
>
> So what do you think of the idea that the ultimate
> fabric of reality is pure binary math?
Perhaps. Any math in which you can represents the computable functions
will do (assuming comp).
But that will only be the initial decor. The point now is to explain
the aroma of coffee from it, and not only that, but to get the biggest
part of the (first person) plenitude. And also the (probably first
person plural) charge of the electron (just to convince the
physicist!).
Courage!
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
Received on Thu Jul 28 2005 - 12:11:27 PDT