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"This rule implies that 2, 17, and the number of possible human life experiences are all equally distant from infinity." [0] Thanks for the link. I do have tr
by j1vms 10y ago
"This rule implies that 2, 17, and the number of possible human life experiences are all equally distant from infinity." [0]
Thanks for the link. I do have trouble with the above statement, and what follows it, as I would think that the number of states of the human body (or even just the brain & nervous system) would be infinite (that is, in the sense of the infinite cardinality of real numbers) and not countably infinite (as in the set of whole numbers). This would follow from the entire system operating as a biochemical process, and neuronal stimulus being an analog signal between a finite number of neuron cells. Thoughts?
[0] http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/finite.html http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/finite.html
- yarou 10y agoJust so I understand you correctly, you're saying that the cardinality of the set of all possible states of neurons in one's brain is aleph-null?
- j1vms 10y agoHad to look that up again to be sure - no, instead what I'm suggesting is the number of possible states of neurons is infinite, and not countably infinite (implied by a cardinality of aleph-null). I suggest the number of possible states is infinite since the signals between neurons are analog (though I acknowledge this one-word categorization is a major simplification of the actual process of neuronal stimulation).