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by krastanov 2559 days ago
If you permit infinitely many integers it becomes problematic. If you are dealing with a finite entity (e.g. the finite part of the universe that can affect us), then there are no problems.
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Can you sum correctly two arbitrarily large integers?
I don't think it matters, right? Since arbitrarily large integers are not things that occur in the physical world.
How do you know all those things about the physical world? For example- you say that "all of the physical laws of the universe are defined by computable maths". Do you really know what all the physical laws of the univese are?
We don't know. We just think it likely. We are unaware of counterexamples, or reasons to suspect the existence of counterexamples.
Again I have to ask- who is this "we"?

Apologies if my question sounds too contrarian, but I think you are making some very big assumptions about the computability of the laws of physics that are not really based on anything concrete, like a strong knowledge of the mathematics of modern physics.

We is humanity, as far as I know and as far as brief Googling is able to determine. I am not a physicist, so I have good knowledge of physics up to the high school level, and a dabbler's knowledge of what lies beyond. I am open to correction, so feel free to offer some contradictory evidence if you have any.
Even if real infinities existed, it would be impossible to tell. What do you measure it against?