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#212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is There a Perfect Circle? I.e. does Infinity exist?
Pi and the distinction between discrete and continuous are important in discussions of theories of everything. The popularity of digital physics is growing, which challenges the need for infinities in mathematics. Infinitesimals can be replaced with limits and large numbers. The argument about whether human minds can do things that computers cannot due to infinity continues, with mathematician Roger Penrose suggesting that present physics cannot explain operations in our mind.
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