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James_Miller comments on Open thread, 18-24 March 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: James_Miller 18 March 2014 08:14:52PM 0 points [-]

As I recall, he doesn't believe the universe is infinite in any direction.

Comment author: DataPacRat 18 March 2014 08:50:07PM 0 points [-]

Did he give any reasoning for that belief? Eg, does assuming non-infinitesimal worldlines improve the predictions of the interference of double-slit style experiments?

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 19 March 2014 05:54:14PM 1 point [-]

Certainly not the latter.

If there were any perceptible grain to them, we'd be about a picosecond from the abrupt end of the universe-as-we-know-it.

Comment author: James_Miller 18 March 2014 08:53:20PM 0 points [-]

Again from what I recall: scientists have not found any evidence of infinities, math incompleteness problems go away without infinities, and computer physics models work even though computers have finite memories.