Comment on Simulation argument meets decision theory

Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:57:53 GMT

If it's purely theoretical then why can't I have a hypercomputer? What's wrong with simply solving the halting problem by using an oracle, or by running a Turing machine for infinitely many steps before I make my decision?

If I can't have infinite time, then I might as well have 5 seconds.

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