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> So is building a complex scalable system that break the laws of physics or theorems. The world is eventually consistent.

You kind of hit me during a moment with this. You're basically describing the theory of relativity. I suppose in a way, the ToR could be rephrased to be a theoretical upper limit on information propagation with ramifications for ensuring consistency in local state.




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