From: Richard Loosemore (rpwl@lightlink.com)
Date: Tue Dec 13 2005 - 08:05:27 MST
This is impossible.
You cannot measure the state of the entire Earth with the quasi-infinite
precision needed to do the computations accurately (Heisenberg's
uncertainty principle).
Richard Loosemore.
H C wrote:
> Given sufficient nanotechnological development and,
> Given sufficient computational capacity (probably like a galaxy-brain or
> something ridiculous)
>
> If a whole Earth simulator were created that modeled the entire Earth at
> the molecular level, in principle perhaps it is possible to literally
> run the simulation in reverse, thus essentially recreating history (in a
> very literal sense).
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> Th3Hegem0n
> http://smarterhippie.blogspot.com
>
>
>
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