Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? Tronnies may explain pi's precision.

2015-01-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Jan 2015, at 19:43, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 Bruno Marchal wrote: > Note that a theory which would requires nature to exploit infinite precision would entail the falsity of computationalism. Yes, and if the theory was correct it would also prove that the Real Number

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? Tronnies may explain pi's precision.

2015-01-28 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 Bruno Marchal wrote: > Note that a theory which would requires nature to exploit infinite > precision would entail the falsity of computationalism. > Yes, and if the theory was correct it would also prove that the Real Numbers are really real. John K Clark -- You recei

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? Tronnies may explain pi's precision.

2015-01-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Jan 2015, at 10:55, LizR wrote: I must admit I am a little suspicious of a theory that requires nature to exhibit infinite precision. Note that a theory which would requires nature to exploit infinite precision would entail the falsity of computationalism. The apparent existence of

Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? Tronnies may explain pi's precision.

2015-01-28 Thread LizR
I must admit I am a little suspicious of a theory that requires nature to exhibit infinite precision. -- 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 everythi

RE: Why is there something rather than nothing? Tronnies may explain pi's precision.

2015-01-22 Thread John Ross
Tronnies may explain the need for π’s precission. Coulomb’s Law requires that all charged particles be point particles or made from point particles. Tronnies are point particles with a charge of plus e or minus e. Their charge of e means the tronnies are the source of the Coulomb force whi