Re: Omega Point theory and time quanta

[Stathis Papaioannou]

I thought that quantum theory (in all its flavours and interpretations) 
*does* imply that reality is"digital". For example, if light is quantised, 
then the light reflected from a real object will produce a pixelated image, 
albeit far more finely grained than the image on any computer screen. The 
Bekenstein Bound sets an upper limit to the amount of information that can 
be contained in a given volume, or a lower limit to how finely grained an 
object or its representation can be. Everything is digital; analogue is an 
illusion.

Stathis Papaioannou
From: "Norman Samish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Omega Point theory and time quanta
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:22:01 -0700
Perhaps mathematics, which is digital, is incapable of precise simulation 
of
reality, which is not digital.

Norman Samish
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From: "Stathis Papaioannou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:36 PM
Subject: Omega Point theory and time quanta
There has been some discussion in recent posts about Tipler's Omega Point
theory, which postulates that an infinite amount of subjective time can be
squeezed into the last few moments of a collapsing universe. This is
straightforward mathematically using infinite series, but if time is
quantised, it would not work in reality; and it seems to be widely accepted
that time is indeed quantised. Is there a way around this difficulty?
Stathis Papaioannou

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