01-08-2020, 03:36 PM
Bullshit warning: My background isnt really CS
But in Engineering we got the Navier-Stokes equations for fluids. All they do is implement mass conversation, F=m*a and viscosity to describe a fluid. None of those are in any way weird or diffcult concepts. However, the equations are almost never solvable for real-life cases. That does not change the fact they are true. When you actually get a solution, it is exactly what experiments produce. But it is still not possible to understand turbulent flow without emperical stuff. Actually, so many things are empirical (LOOKING AT YOU, MATERIAL SCIENCE). This all suggests to me that P is not NP.
At the same time tho, often times empirical formulas get drafted, well, becuase it works. We could just be lazy. Maybe P IS NP. But for practical purpose, looking at science for the last 300 years, and considering that the advent of computers has only INCREASED the amount of empirical formulas in science (Coz, simulation.), it is safe to say, for all PRACTICAL purposes, P is to be considered NOT NP.
Not to be edgy, but if it is actually not, seriously, why even care anymore?
But in Engineering we got the Navier-Stokes equations for fluids. All they do is implement mass conversation, F=m*a and viscosity to describe a fluid. None of those are in any way weird or diffcult concepts. However, the equations are almost never solvable for real-life cases. That does not change the fact they are true. When you actually get a solution, it is exactly what experiments produce. But it is still not possible to understand turbulent flow without emperical stuff. Actually, so many things are empirical (LOOKING AT YOU, MATERIAL SCIENCE). This all suggests to me that P is not NP.
At the same time tho, often times empirical formulas get drafted, well, becuase it works. We could just be lazy. Maybe P IS NP. But for practical purpose, looking at science for the last 300 years, and considering that the advent of computers has only INCREASED the amount of empirical formulas in science (Coz, simulation.), it is safe to say, for all PRACTICAL purposes, P is to be considered NOT NP.
Not to be edgy, but if it is actually not, seriously, why even care anymore?