The collapse of supertasks

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Romero, Gustavo Esteban
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2014
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A supertask consists in the performance of an infinite number of actions in a finite time. I show that any attempt to carry out a supertask will produce a divergence of the curvature of spacetime, resulting in the formation of a black hole. I maintain that supertasks, contrarily to a popular view among philosophers, are physically impossible. Supertasks, literally, collapse under their own weight.
Fil: Romero, Gustavo Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia (i); Argentina
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Quantum mechanics
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title The collapse of supertasks
spellingShingle The collapse of supertasks
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
Change
Events
Formal ontology
Spacetime
Quantum mechanics
title_short The collapse of supertasks
title_full The collapse of supertasks
title_fullStr The collapse of supertasks
title_full_unstemmed The collapse of supertasks
title_sort The collapse of supertasks
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Events
Formal ontology
Spacetime
Quantum mechanics
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Events
Formal ontology
Spacetime
Quantum mechanics
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Fil: Romero, Gustavo Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia (i); Argentina
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