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Not to mention that the human heart has a finite number of cells. The amount of "memory" (or whatever word you use for the heat) is finite, making it a DFA/FSM
by roundsquare 17y ago
Not to mention that the human heart has a finite number of cells. The amount of "memory" (or whatever word you use for the heat) is finite, making it a DFA/FSM not a Turing machine.
You could argue that the number of cells is so huge that we might as well treat it like a Turing Machine, but given that the researchers were simulating the human heart, I'd disagree with that.
- Shprrrrt 17y agoFrom this(http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/cvri/people/fellows/sears.htm http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/cvri/people/fellows/sears.htm), we can infer the apprximative average volume of a cardiac myocyte as 21 048 µm³. Knowing that the human heart weights on average 300g, it makes about 10^(10(+/-0.5)) cells, hence 2^(10^10) states for a FSM built on it (rough approximation). Even though the simulated experiment had obviosuly less cells, I think that the real heart can in practice be considered as turing equivalent.