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Randall · 26-30, M
The argument checks out, to me. I think it's possible, and I really don't think people who subscribe to the idea whole-heartedly are crazy.
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
@Randall it IS possible.
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
Flawed hypothesis, ignores non-computable factors of quantum mechanics.
unknownpoetx · 36-40, M
@UndeadPrivateer care to explain?
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
@unknownpoetx There are many elements of quantum mechanics that plain and simply do not make sense under strict mathematical structure and as a result are innately non-computable. It is physically impossible to compute them because they 'explode' into functional infinites, making it impossible for one to devise an artificial simulation which would create them all. There are a bunch of particularly creative ways to get parsable results out of these functional infinites, but they're highly abstract approaches and abstracts are innately inaccurate due to how they work.
Godel's incompleteness theorems deal with this shortcoming of mathematics quite heavily. Suffice it to say, math is no better or more accurate a language than any spoken one, it's just as prone to inaccuracies and functional shortfalls. It's pretty okay(though still not flawless) at defining macro scale objects which we are familiar with but it starts falling apart in many places when you leave the realm of the familiar.
Godel's incompleteness theorems deal with this shortcoming of mathematics quite heavily. Suffice it to say, math is no better or more accurate a language than any spoken one, it's just as prone to inaccuracies and functional shortfalls. It's pretty okay(though still not flawless) at defining macro scale objects which we are familiar with but it starts falling apart in many places when you leave the realm of the familiar.