They say that there are no dumb questions, only dumb answers. They're wrong.
Fine, let's say it's possible to physically mine a virtual token, like you go to a mine, hit the rock, and a casascius coin with a qr code falls out. I believe it would make BTC more valuable. Now you're only limited by the amount of money that you have because equipment costs a lot of money. If you were able to mine by putting physical work into it, it would end up with another gold rush, provide people with jobs, make the whole thing more popular.