Bruno Marchal skrev: > On 09 Nov 2008, at 20:29, Brent Meeker wrote: > > >> Many physicists think that an ultimate theory would be >> discrete, >> > This is highly implausible, assuming comp. I know that if we want > quantize gravitation, then space and time should be quantized, but > then I hope other things will remain continuous, like the statistics > (hoping it is enough). > But for the reason above, the first persons cannot escape the > "feeling" or the "appearances" of continua (assuming mech.). >
You do not need anything continuous. When you look at a movie, you are shown 24 pictures every second, but you feel like it is a continuous movie. But in reality it is just 24 discrete events every second. -- Torgny Tholerus --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
