Nick writes: > I guess what I was fishing for is some sort of exploration of the idea that not all procedures for arriving at answers are computations.
Many would argue (eg Seth Llloyd http://www.nature.com/news/2002/020603/full/news020527-16.html) that *any* process that involves changes of state is computation. Can you name a "procedure for arriving at answers" that doesn't involve a series of processes that change state? -S _______________________________________________________________________ stephen.gue...@simtable.com <stephen.gue...@simtable.com> CEO, Simtable http://www.simtable.com 1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 office: (505)995-0206 mobile: (505)577-5828 twitter: @simtable >
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