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Dialogue Concerning The Two Chief World Views

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Abstract

In 1632, Galileo Galilei wrote a book called \textit{Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems} which compared the new Copernican model of the universe with the old Ptolemaic model. His book took the form of a dialogue between three philosophers, Salviati, a proponent of the Copernican model, Simplicio, a proponent of the Ptolemaic model, and Sagredo, who was initially open-minded and neutral. In this paper, I am going to use Galileo's idea to present a dialogue between three modern philosophers, Mr. Spock, a proponent of the view that PNP\mathsf{P} \neq \mathsf{NP}, Professor Simpson, a proponent of the view that P=NP\mathsf{P} = \mathsf{NP}, and Judge Wapner, who is initially open-minded and neutral.

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@article{arxiv.1605.08639,
  title  = {Dialogue Concerning The Two Chief World Views},
  author = {Craig Alan Feinstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.08639},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages

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