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This is a response to Chaitin's "How real are real numbers?" (2004), which was discussed here twice: - (2017) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14080024 htt
by yamrzou 4y ago
This is a response to Chaitin's "How real are real numbers?" (2004), which was discussed here twice:
- (2017) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14080024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14080024
- (2020) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24029791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24029791
- crdrost 4y agoIt is interesting that the source article from Chaitin it seems to regard its own title as mere wordplay, it does not want to get into the Morpheus Question “What is real? How do you define real?”... But the response seems to take it very seriously and get somewhat upset about it. Other than those aspects the discussion is kind of snore-fest...
- lupire 4y agoWhat do you mean? Chaitin is the most well known author who intended and is received as arguing against the existence of the set of real numbers.