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We do computer simulations all the time to model hypothetical things. Will computers ever get good enough to simulate the effects of infinity on a system.

Example: Dropping a bowling bowl from an infinitely tall height with no atmosphere and seeing if it accelerates to light speed

Example: If protons can decay

Example: An object in a box turning into other objects like the recurrence theorem says

We already can. It's called a "limit"

Dropping a bowling bowl from an infinitely tall height with no atmosphere and seeing if it accelerates to light speed

No, because relativity.

If protons can decay

Neither necessary nor sufficient. In order to create an accurate simulation of such distant timescales, we would already have to know the answer. Which we can do through other means.

An object in a box turning into other objects like the recurrence theorem says

Not familiar with this, but it sounds like a misunderstanding of quantum mechanics.

Maximum7 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:00 pm Example: An object in a box turning into other objects like the recurrence theorem says

Well, maybe with the rise of quantum computers this one may work, but I find it hard to believe it

Of course, we can do that already. It's very simple really - just keep the experiment going until the heat death of the universe.