>When I talk about "pure mathematics" I mean that kind of mathematics you have >in GameOfLife. There you have "gliders" that move in the GameOfLife-universe, >and these gliders interact with eachother when they meet. These gliders you >can see as physical objects. These physical objects are reducible to pure >mathematics, they are the consequences of the rules behind GameOfLife.
-- Torgny That kind of mathematics - models of cellular automata - is the domain of the theory of computation. These are just that - models. But there is no reason for thinking that the models or mathematical rules are identical to the physical entities themselves just because these rules/models can precisely predict/explain the behaviour of the physical objects. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
