But is their proposal that, like Minecraft, we can detect properties of the background execution through apparent non-determinism (or other mechanism)? Cause M

But is their proposal that, like Minecraft, we can detect properties of the background execution through apparent non-determinism (or other mechanism)? Cause Minecraft actually has two detectable, distinct notions of time: a game tick and update ordering of the underlying computation. Minecraft can even be viewed as having quantum effects caused by a universal nonlocal variable, Bohmian mechanics styles, with the apparent non-determinism resulting from that non-local hidden variable interacting woth the update engine. (The hidden variable is the ordering of the updates in real time rather than MC time.) I always thought we should teach physics with Minecraft, but the engine sucks too much for me to seriously recommend it. Ed: Imgur album on detecting MC update ordering via redstone; pictures somehow got out of order. http://imgur.com/a/e9YKi http://imgur.com/a/e9YKi