Abstract
In this essay we examine the role of the digital as well as the role of the analog in modern physics. We search for similarities as well as for differences between these two modes of description. By exploring the limits of these modes, we show that they hardly can be considered as the last words about the foundations of reality. Finally we expose an Gedankenexperiment that, if it could indeed be executed in reality, could shed new light onto the question about nature being either digital or analog.
Stefan Weckbach