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It's been pretty dull lately. This at least is moderately entertaining...
http://www.xkcd.com/505/
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Invisible wrote:
> It's been pretty dull lately. This at least is moderately entertaining...
This is Wolfram's turing-complete 1-dimensional CA, in case you didn't
recognise it.
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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Darren New wrote:
> This is Wolfram's turing-complete 1-dimensional CA, in case you didn't
> recognise it.
Yes, I *own* the book. ;-)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>
>> This is Wolfram's turing-complete 1-dimensional CA, in case you didn't
>> recognise it.
>
> Yes, I *own* the book. ;-)
>
Strangely, I was just reading about this very CA the other day ...
--
~Mike
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>>> This is Wolfram's turing-complete 1-dimensional CA, in case you
>>> didn't recognise it.
>>
>> Yes, I *own* the book. ;-)
>
> Strangely, I was just reading about this very CA the other day ...
More specifically, I would imagine this is Wolfram's assertion that the
universe might be a giant CA, which would explain why certain physical
quantities have a discrete, "quantum" nature. (I believe he theorised
that different subatomic particules might be "tangles" in some kind of
hyper-dimensional network, which updates itself in a mannar similar to a
CA.)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> More specifically, I would imagine this is Wolfram's assertion that the
> universe might be a giant CA, which would explain why certain physical
> quantities have a discrete, "quantum" nature. (I believe he theorised
> that different subatomic particules might be "tangles" in some kind of
> hyper-dimensional network, which updates itself in a mannar similar to a
> CA.)
He really seems like a "man with only a hammer" in this regard.
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>
> More specifically, I would imagine this is Wolfram's assertion that the
> universe might be a giant CA, which would explain why certain physical
> quantities have a discrete, "quantum" nature. (I believe he theorised
> that different subatomic particules might be "tangles" in some kind of
> hyper-dimensional network, which updates itself in a mannar similar to a
> CA.)
>
Interesting.
Ever notice how when we start examining the very small scales or the
very large scale the theories get more and more bizarre? Especially when
we get to talking about what the universe is made of.
--
~Mike
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Ever notice how when we start examining the very small scales or the
> very large scale the theories get more and more bizarre? Especially when
> we get to talking about what the universe is made of.
Perhaps these theories only seem "bizarre" to us because we're used to
things which aren't exceptionally small or large? ;-)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> More specifically, I would imagine this is Wolfram's assertion that the
> universe might be a giant CA, which would explain why certain physical
> quantities have a discrete, "quantum" nature.
There are a number of people who assert such a thing, actually. Wolfram
was more summarizing there than inventing, methinks.
Altho I thought his point that even if only one cell was updated at a
time, we still wouldn't know this, because we would only see updates
when we ourselves got updated. Freaky.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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Darren New wrote:
> Altho I thought his point that even if only one cell was updated at a
> time, we still wouldn't know this, because we would only see updates
> when we ourselves got updated. Freaky.
...hence one guy with an infinite plans moving rocks by hand, one at a
time. ;-)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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