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Observations on the limits of knowledge, 1. Predicting long-run evolution of chaotic systems require more measurement precision in the initial conditions than
by mjburgess 5y ago
Observations on the limits of knowledge,
1. Predicting long-run evolution of chaotic systems require more measurement precision in the initial conditions than quantum mechanics allows
2. With sufficient density, a discrete system cannot be simulated with less energy than the original system possess
3. With sufficient complexity, (as above)
4. The mass required for measurement, and energy required for computing, the structure of ordinary objects (eg., chairs) from their parts eclipses anything we could build
5. Randomness isnt computable
6. Real numbers aren computable
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Any more?
- motohagiography 5y agoIs there a formal definition of randomness that is just an information gap (like Shannon), and the predictability and measurability of complex systems breaks down because the chaos is just a loss of information in each iteration of its function? If so, where does the information go?
- mjburgess 5y agoIt never existed in the first place: reality isnt fully determined.