Re: Computability in principle

From: Matthew Danish (mdanish_at_andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: 11/06/03 

Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:53:52 -0500

On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 02:05:51PM +0000, Anton van Straaten wrote:
> My suspicion is that quantum computers will indeed turn out to be
> miraculous, with one minor drawback: when they produce a correct answer, it
> will not necessarily appear in the same universe in which the question was
> asked...

In fact, as soon as the Answer is found, the Universe will instantly be
replaced with one that is far more complicated... 

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