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Re:Steven Strogatz on chaos theory, game theory, and why mat... by zeroer on Sunday November 27, 2016 @11:18AM (#13049879)
In my particular comment, I meant that THE Universe (proper noun) could have different physics. Max Tegmark uses the term a bit differently, but he's quite clear about what he means.

As for your second paragraph, I really don't have any idea what you two are on about.

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Re:Steven Strogatz on chaos theory, game theory, and why mat... by posterboy on Sunday November 27, 2016 @01:07PM (#13050416)
I'm not really interested in metaphysics, hence my opposition to the claim.

>As for your second paragraph, I really don't have any idea what you two are on about.

I didn't quite understand the parent, but he clearly related to Computational Complexity of operations on Countable Sets. I happen to study that subject at the moment, so I am taking this discussion as an opportunity to test my understanding.

[deleted] apparently I need to learn a bit more.

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Re:Steven Strogatz on chaos theory, game theory, and why mat... by posterboy on Sunday November 27, 2016 @02:27PM (#13050891)
>Max Tegmark uses the term a bit differently

>he's quite clear about what he means.

but I didn't read him and it's pretty arrogant to assume I had to. Sure, I hadn't to butt in on the discussion, but I had to read the comment to find out I didn't want to read it, first. So I felt I had to say something. I mean, I thought it was informative, but obviously I didn't hit the right tone.

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