Einstein's missed opportunity to rid us of 'spooky actions at a distance'

Re:Einstein's missed opportunity to rid us of 'spooky action... by tabtab on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @01:37PM (#24767804)

Re: If the universe is a mathematical object...

Math is a modeling technique, not a "thing". To me it doesn't make sense to say the universe "is" math. Maybe it's a machine "running" math notation (programming code), but that's not the same as it "being" math.

(Is "God" the server admin?)

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Re:Einstein's missed opportunity to rid us of 'spooky action... by tim333 on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:40PM (#24768640)

It's been hypothesised: "the physical universe is not merely described by mathematics, but is mathematics" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypothes...

not proven of course.

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Re:Einstein's missed opportunity to rid us of 'spooky action... by handol on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:54PM (#24772665)

Suppose God is running multiple identical instances of the universe on several machines. Are we in a particular one?

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Re:Einstein's missed opportunity to rid us of 'spooky action... by tabtab on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @03:45PM (#24780706)

We wouldn't know or care and it would make no difference. It only becomes an "issue" if there is a mutation or glitch that breaks symmetry.

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