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If the amount of computation that can be done is finite, then subjective time is also finite. (And vice-versa if the amount of computation is infinite.) What d
by warrenpj 10y ago
If the amount of computation that can be done is finite, then subjective time is also finite. (And vice-versa if the amount of computation is infinite.)
What does infinite time mean in a universe where nothing happens?
I hope I live to see a grand unified theory of physics which explains how space-time emerges from the quantum scale, but also how consciousness emerges from computation. Maybe in the future, when these theories are developed, we can have infinite consciousness, infinite subjective time.
I also acknowledge that I may be confused entirely and the previous paragraph has no meaning.
- goldenkey 10y agoWe fall into some precarious befuddlement when we start thinking about computation and our universe. Is our universe an analog one or a digital one? (Or a mix where space is discrete but time isnt, etc, see plancks constant..) Now, if our universe is analog. But powered by a digital conputer. The only way to simulate analog is by using an extra dimension....time. in fact, one possible hypothesis for quantum waveform collapse is that since are affecting an analog, the pertubation is infinitely hard to compute, so just nip it in the bud and return a digital value. Anyho..think about that for a while.. :-)