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▲ thrill 8 hours ago

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▲katzgrau 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Or, there is no time. Awareness traverses the grand graph of possibility.

Disclaimer: total armchair philosophy.

▲meindnoch 4 hours ago | parent [-]

What does "traversing" even mean if there's no time?

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▲SantalBlush 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Given infinite time, is it possible to randomly draw a rational (instead of an irrational) from the interval [0, 1]? And if so, is it possible infinite times?

▲hhjinks 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Your answer to that will depend on whether you think that is part of "all things possible."

▲rablackburn 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Finally, a well-formed question to which the answer "42 (times)" is a possible solution.

▲LPisGood 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Certainly! Probability 0 does not mean impossible.

▲voxl 6 hours ago | parent [-]

In this case it does. Describe any effective measure to pick a random sample from the interval and you will have cheated into choosing from the computable reals instead (of which there is a countable amount)

▲fc417fc802 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think that's correct. You're describing a limitation of our physical computing devices (or perhaps physical reality itself) as opposed to a theoretical flaw. At least as far as I can tell.

▲LPisGood 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Measure 0 is different than empty.

▲adrianN 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"Randomly" drawing anything from [0,1] is already quite difficult.

▲taneq 6 hours ago | parent [-]

You could draw a line, or a Cantor dust. ;)