On Thursday, August 15, 2013 1:42:58 AM UTC-4, James Klein wrote:   
   > Hi,   
   >     
   > "It always botherd me that everything seems quantized except time."    
      
      
   Hi, Jim.   
      The product of time and energy is quantized, as is the product of distance   
   and momentum.   
      
   > "...or could this not explain    
   > the limit for the speed of light in a vac."    
   >    
      
   It seems we live in a Universe that has a maximum speed limit and a minimum   
   resolution.  This is exactly how one would arrange a system that is optimized   
   for calculations.  Are we living in a simulation?  If so, how would you tell?   
   Many of the "laws" of nature are emergent; that is, they cannot be predicted   
   from first principles.  An example is the rigidity of a steel beam, which is   
   not a property of the iron atoms themselves, but only a property of the   
   collection of atoms.  Which    
   first principle predicts the rigidity of materials?  Where does this property   
   come from?   
   We create simulations of the Universe inside our machines, and presumably, if   
   we created a sufficiently complex simulation, it could create a simulation of   
   its own.  So, how far are we from the bottom?  It may be turtles all the way   
   down to a minimum    
   calculation for us, but is that true all the way up?   
      
   -Wade   
      
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