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- From: crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass)
- Subject: Re: Continuos vs. discrete models Was: The size of electrons, ...
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:38:38 GMT
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- In article <1eblgoINNj5@chnews.intel.com> bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov17.003058.127@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
- >>>
- >>>Any finite-state machine.
- >>
- >> I actually had 'nature' in mind. I can *create* any number of systems
- >
- >All systems are "natural." There are no physical phenomena
- >that are "unnatural," certainly not the interaction of
- >electromagnetism and quantum mechanics that constitutes
- >modern computational electronics.
-
- Indeed. Where do you get a finite difference system in
- electrodynamics and quantum mechanics? Or are you talking
- about some inherently approximate ideal supersystem made up of
- electronic components?
-
- >The string example someone else gave is a devised system of
- >organic fibers, but those fibers are themselves no less
- >devised (by the plant on which they grew).
-
- And are just as continuous as the rest of nature seems
- to be. Tell me exactly where you think the molecule leaves
- off? Where does the electromagnetic interaction leave off?
- Further, at what exact point does the strong force take over?
-
- >And recall your Calculus I. All of this continuous
- >analysis is merely the effect of taking the limit as the
- >problem is raised to an infinite number of finite
- >analyses. You've probably never seen a truly continuous
- >system in your life (including quantum gravity).
-
- You've never seen a truly discrete one.
-
- >> I do not recall finite state machines described
- >> by FDE's in our current description of nature.
- >
- >Then you don't see cells as part of it?
-
- Like everything else, they do not seem to be
- well-described by FDEs.
-
- >> Interesting analogy. However, my load doesn't decay at all. It
- >> seems to be a monotonically increasing sequence.
- >
- >That explains a great number of things; Corky, you need to
- >take a shit.
-
- Your concern about my gastrointestinal health is touching
- but is, I assure you, unnecessary.
-
- With this style of reasoned argumentation, I'd bet street
- preachers everywhere are shaking in their boots.
-
- dale bass
-
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- Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
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