Liz, No, that doesn't make Reality subject to the halting problem. The halting problem is when a computer program is trying to reach some independently postulated result and may or may not be able to reach it.
Reality doesn't have any problem like this. It just computes the logical results of the evolution of the current information state of the universe. There are no independently postulated states that aren't directly computed by reality which reality then attempts to reach (prove). Edgar On Dec 21, 2013, at 3:26 PM, LizR wrote: > Reality is analogous to a running software program. Godel's Theorem does not > apply. A human could speculate as to whether any particular state of Reality > could ever arise computationally and it might be impossible to determine > that, but again that has nothing to do with the actual operation of > Reality,since it is only a particular internal mental model of that reality. > > Wouldn't that make reality susceptible to the halting problem? > > ...hello, is anybody there? Why have all the stars gone out? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
