On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- On Thu, 10/30/08, Pei Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So there are physicists who think in principle the stock >> market can be >> accurately predicated from quantum theory alone? I'd >> like to get a >> reference on that. ;-) > > If you had a Turing machine, yes. > > It also assumes you know which of the possible 2^(2^409) possible states the > universe is in. (2^409 ~ 2.9 x 10^122 bits = entropy of the universe). So > don't expect any experimental verification.
Matt, Even if all of our models of the universe can be put into a Turing Machine, your conclusion still doesn't follow, because you need to further assume the model is perfect, that is, it describes the universe *as it is*. This is another conclusion that conflict with the current understanding of science. Pei ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
