
Ep 124: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 6 “Universality and the limits of Computation”
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The Proof of Infinite Quantum Numbers
David explains the basic idea of the proof, known as a diagonal argument. It was first used by the nineteenth century mathematician giorg cantel to prove that there are infinite quantities greater than infinity of natural numbers. The same form of proof is at the heart of the modern theory of computation. David: 'The attempt to realize that in physical reality, is impossible'
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