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Also the same applies with the CAP theorem… it is mostly a theoretical result but in practice things go well the vast majority of the time! Also look up Burida

by EGreg 3y ago

Also the same applies with the CAP theorem… it is mostly a theoretical result but in practice things go well the vast majority of the time! Also look up Buridan’s Principle by Leslie Lamport. I emailed him and “argued” with him for a while after reading his paper, but in a theoretical sense and some practical subsets it is correct!

sebzim4500 3y ago
Interesting paper. I agree that he is probably technically correct, but I think he downplays the fact that all over physics people say "never" when they mean "with probably less than 10^-1000. For example, in classical thermodynamics there is a nonzero probability that all the air molecules in a room will happen to travel to one side, violating many laws of fluid mechanics. In quantum mechanics the situation is even worse, where basically anything can happen with nonzero probability.
- galaxyLogic 3y ago
  > basically anything can happen with nonzero probability. It took me some time to realize that that's what "HitchHiker's Guide to Galaxy" was about.