Eugine_Nier comments on Can somebody explain this to me?: The computability of the laws of physics and hypercomputation - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 22 April 2013 02:34:16AM 2 points [-]

It's not hard to wright down hypothetical non-computable that can nonetheless be tested. Note in particular that while both QM and GR are both theoretically computable, actually computing anything beyond the absolute very simplest examples with either of them is beyond our ability.