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In Hilbert space, all things are quantumly possible

26 points unprovable 1 hour ago 9 comments

thrill 49 minutes ago | parent

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SantalBlush 41 minutes ago | parent

Given infinite time, is it possible to randomly draw a rational (instead of an irrational) from the interval [0, 1]? And if so, is it possible infinite times?

rablackburn 9 minutes ago | parent

Finally, a well-formed question to which the answer "42 (times)" is a possible solution.

LPisGood 7 minutes ago | parent

Certainly! Probability 0 does not mean impossible.

adrianN 3 minutes ago | parent

"Randomly" drawing anything from [0,1] is already quite difficult.

katzgrau 38 minutes ago | parent

Or, there is no time. Awareness traverses the grand graph of possibility.

Disclaimer: total armchair philosophy.

rozgo 28 minutes ago | parent

"I would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe absolutely in Hilbert space anymore." - John von Neumann

ocschwar 21 minutes ago | parent

"What is a Hilbert space?"

-- David Hilbert.

cgio 10 minutes ago | parent

The nice additional reading is that you could even know what a Hilbert space is, but not what is a Hilbert space.