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Can everything be reduced to physics?

>> No.6820503

Not yet

>> No.6820506

>>6820500
if physics can be reduced to math can math be reduced to physics?

>> No.6820510

>>6820506
>implying physics can be reduced to math

>> No.6820527

If chemistry can be reduced to physics can macaroni be reduced to pasta? And if that is true can pasta be reduced to pizza?

>> No.6820529

>>6820510
Got evidence to the contrary?

>> No.6820537

>>6820529
Yep. The information presented in physics is only partially mathematical. The description of the relation between various objects, time and space is described in terms of natural language.

And that information is lost when we say that physics can be reduced to purely mathematics of purely mathematics and natural language.

>> No.6820575

>>6820537
hmmm. whatever your point is I'm not understanding it.

>> No.6820578

>>6820575
not him but there are some things that can be derived purely from mathematical formulations, whilst others need both mathematical manipulation and physical reasoning to make connections that aren't purely mathematical

>> No.6820608

No.

>> No.6821476

>>6820500
No, but everything can be reduced to 1s and 0s.

>> No.6821558

>>6821476
>implying its already not

>> No.6821561

>>6821558
>Implying its already is.

>> No.6821563

>>6821561
>implying you can prove anything either way

>> No.6821574

>>6821563
But i like steaks anyways

>> No.6821582

>>6821476
No it can't

>> No.6821590

>>6821574
How does your binary stake taste like

>> No.6821608

>>6821582
Proof? All I keeping hearing is Huurr we're in an computer

>> No.6821760

>>6821608
The burden of proof is on you for stating that everything can be broken down to 0s and 1s

>> No.6821767

>>6820575
Physics can work with Math, but Math only gives partial answers which need to be interpreted physically by the individual.

So no, you can't reduce Physics to Math.

>> No.6821812

Can everything be reduced?

>> No.6821813

>>6821767

How come colleges need Calculus I as a pre-requisite for Physics?

>> No.6821819

>>6821813
because math is necessary to physics

>> No.6821821

>>6821813
many formulas are expressed in d/dx and integrals

>> No.6821875

>>6821821

>d/dx = 1/x

No calculus needed. I still don't understand why calculus is needed.

>> No.6821915

>>6821812

If you subscribe to the quantum foam theory, then yes.

>> No.6821918

Your mom can be reduced to sucking my cock.

>> No.6822414
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>>6820537
Do you honestly believe that math is just random symbols? What do you think most proofs in math entail?

>> No.6822419

Can 4/6 be reduced?

>> No.6822464

>>6820578
What is physical reasoning?

>> No.6822536

Q. If we had a perfect set of rules that nature obeys, a perfect computer with unlimited computational power, and complete knowledge of the current position and velocity of everything at the same time; could we predict, with complete accuracy, the position and velocity of everything at some Δt?

A. Maybe. Scientists aren't sure. A lot of people think that quantum physics implies that the answer is a solid "no" but in reality it hasn't yet said yes or no. We really don't know the answer, and physicists often don't even try to answer that question, because we don't have good evidence either way and physicists are getting more boring and lazy by the century.

>> No.6822548

>>6820500
No. But everything can be reduced to mathematics.

>> No.6822558

>>6820500

>Is everything physical?
>Well, what do you mean by 'physical'?
>You know, you just kind of feel it bro, like you just know what physics is you feel me bro

Physicalism.