This discussion centers on the distinction between processes in nature that compute functions not computable by Turing machines and those that can be replicated by Turing machines. It references the work of Nielsen and Chuang in "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information," emphasizing that proving the existence of such processes cannot rely solely on observations. A key point made is that while any function has a corresponding Turing machine that can reproduce a finite subset, the complexity of the underlying system may remain obscured, making it challenging to identify uncomputable functions.
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This can not be proven by observations alone. The strong hint would be that the system could not be described by any simple equation.how might we recognize that a process in nature computes a function not computable by a turing machine