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A comment on Banach-Tarski and the Paradox of Infinite Cloning. Parent comment

Re:Banach-Tarski and the Paradox of Infinite Cloning by tsimionescu on Sunday August 29, 2021 @11:13AM (#28347349)
Only if you want to think about models of computation that allow performing infinite operations in finite amounts of time, which I don't think are that interesting.
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Re:Banach-Tarski and the Paradox of Infinite Cloning by auggierose on Sunday August 29, 2021 @02:29PM (#28349222)
I'd say if our universe makes such computations possible, then that would be very interesting.
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Re:Banach-Tarski and the Paradox of Infinite Cloning by tsimionescu on Sunday August 29, 2021 @02:35PM (#28349274)
Absolutely! Similarly, if our universe allowed instantaneous travel and free energy, that would also be very interesting.

Not holding my breath for either.

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Re:Banach-Tarski and the Paradox of Infinite Cloning by auggierose on Monday August 30, 2021 @08:11AM (#28354840)
The fact that you can breath at all is quite a miracle. Not sure why you are so pessimistic about the rest.
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