Physics does not deal with laws
Published by admin May 11th, 2008 in Physics, PrinciplesFrom Imaginary Potential
. . . that the simple rules of cellular automata can somehow generate fundamental laws of physics.
To me such a claim does not make sense. How can one derive laws from other laws? Laws are definitions. Newton’s laws are definitions Newton called “axioms or laws of motion.” All “laws of physics” are such definitions unless they are derived from experiments, then they are not laws but proportionalities.
Physics does not deal with laws, fundamental or otherwise. Physics deals with physical quantities. To overrule physical quantities by citing laws of physics is metaphysics. Can cellular automata solve physical problems that are usually solved by physical quantities? This seems like a better question.