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Arithmetic has been important for the progress of science to date — but I wonder if it will remain so in the future. It seems to me like should quantum compute
by breatheoften 8y ago
Arithmetic has been important for the progress of science to date — but I wonder if it will remain so in the future. It seems to me like should quantum computers/programmable quantum simulations ever arrive — arithmetic will disappear from theory as constituent operations of nature (which include in their very observability, limits on knowledge and boundaries on errors) become the language in which theory is written and from which predictions are made.
- coldtea 8y agoQuantum computers are not exactly what people imagine them to be. For one, they're not for all purposes but for niche uses by their very nature (e.g. that's not something we can invent our way out in the future). And they depend on shitloads of regular algebra and arithmetic to create and program them. In fact, Quantum Physics is a huge user of math.