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
Could we ever simulate the effects of infinity in a lab?
Re: Could we ever simulate the effects of infinity in a lab?
We already can. It's called a "limit"
No, because relativity.Dropping a bowling bowl from an infinitely tall height with no atmosphere and seeing if it accelerates to light speed
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.If protons can decay
Not familiar with this, but it sounds like a misunderstanding of quantum mechanics.An object in a box turning into other objects like the recurrence theorem says
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Re: Could we ever simulate the effects of infinity in a lab?
Of course, we can do that already. It's very simple really - just keep the experiment going until the heat death of the universe. 