If the human mind can think it, it can be done.

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The discussion centers on the assertion that "If the human mind can think it, it can be done," with participants debating the feasibility of time travel and other seemingly impossible tasks. Some argue that while many difficult challenges have been overcome, certain limits, such as the speed of light, remain insurmountable. Others believe that future advancements may render current impossibilities achievable, emphasizing humanity's capacity for evolution and innovation. The conversation highlights the tension between optimism in human potential and the constraints imposed by the laws of physics.

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  • Knowledge of the Halting Problem in computer science and its philosophical implications.
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Mathnomalous said:
Since I have been proven wrong in a brutal manner, let me revise my statement. Any thought that resides within the boundaries of scientific laws that the human mind may conceive is possible.
Now the claim has lost all of its oompf.
Saying it has to follow known physical laws pretty much takes all the profundity out of the statement.




And why stop there? Since the human mind is rather limited in what it can conceive, it's actually the smaller of the two sets. So we can revise your statement even further:


Any event that resides within the boundaries of scientific laws is possible.
 

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