Re:Binary is the building blocks of existence
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Beyond Binary Computing?
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forget probability... you are right... quantum physics is wrong:-)
reality is not binary. much confusion comes when separating right/wrong, truth/false... many systems simply exist beyond the limited scope of binary logic and are almost incomprehendable in such frameworks. there are no absolute truths !
acording to quantum theory YOU change the state of an electron simply by looking at it... can you comprehend this in a 2-state logic ?
if we cannot decribe even simple quantum phenomena using 2-logic how could we ever dream of decribing more complicated things ?
nature is simple... so simple, that we are not able to comprehend it fully:-)
not in our time... according to the insights gained in the early days of the copenhagen-interpretation of quantum physics the MEASUREMENT of a single electron state would change it !
addendum:-)
a possible and practicable method implementing a 5-valued logic using polarization states of photons could be :
-2 : horizontal linear
-1 : left circular
0 : unpolarized
+1 : right circular
+2 : vertical linear
optical computing now !!! photons can have very well distinguishable different polarization states. we are used to thing about computer-bit-logic in different electrically well-defined standards - ttl being just one possibility. with photons we have possibilities to deal with logic independently of voltage levels. (there are also other possible implementations)
there is a coupling between intrinsic spin of electrons and their angular momentum - leading to different discrete observable states (with external magnetic fields present, this can be even more interesting)
natural logic (used in common life, common sense) is NOT binary. quantum-mechanical systems can be described more naturally using all continous values between 0 and 1. a simple but working approximation using 5-valued logic in such systems was developed shortly after their introduction. nature is NOT binary and nature does NOT treat all continuous values equally. certainly our understanding of this could be extended using n-valued logic in the hardware implementations of computers.
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forget probability ... ... quantum physics is wrong :-)
... many systems simply exist beyond the limited scope of binary logic and are almost incomprehendable in such frameworks.
... can you comprehend this in a 2-state logic ?
... so simple, that we are not able to comprehend it fully :-)
you are right
reality is not binary.
much confusion comes when separating right/wrong,
truth/false
there are no absolute truths !
acording to quantum theory YOU change the state of an electron simply by looking at it
if we cannot decribe even simple quantum phenomena using 2-logic how could we ever dream of decribing more complicated things ?
nature is simple
not in our time ... according to the insights gained in the early days of the copenhagen-interpretation of quantum physics the MEASUREMENT of a single electron state would change it !
addendum :-)
a possible and practicable method implementing a 5-valued logic using polarization states of photons could be :
-2 : horizontal linear
-1 : left circular
0 : unpolarized
+1 : right circular
+2 : vertical linear
optical computing now !!!
photons can have very well distinguishable different polarization states.
we are used to thing about computer-bit-logic in different electrically well-defined standards - ttl being just one possibility.
with photons we have possibilities to deal with logic independently of voltage levels.
(there are also other possible implementations)
there is a coupling between intrinsic spin of electrons and their angular momentum - leading to different discrete observable states (with external magnetic fields present, this can be even more interesting)
natural logic (used in common life, common sense) is NOT binary. quantum-mechanical systems can be described more naturally using all continous values between 0 and 1. a simple but working approximation using 5-valued logic in such systems was developed shortly after their introduction.
nature is NOT binary and nature does NOT treat all continuous values equally. certainly our understanding of this could be extended using n-valued logic in the hardware implementations of computers.