Co-hygiene and quantum gravity

Lambda the Ultimate - Programming Languages Weblog 2017-06-22

Summary:

Co-hygiene and quantum gravity. Some light weekend reading by John Shutt.

The post starts with a dazzling proposition:

Gravity corresponds to pure function-application, and the other fundamental forces correspond to side-effects. ... quantum non-locality ("spooky action at a distance") is part of the analog to side-effects ...

I can't do it justice here, so if you're interested in John's fascinating take on the relationship between lambda calculus and quantum physics, hop on over!

Link:

http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/5441

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06/22/2017, 18:21

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06/17/2017, 11:11