It's also a reasonable scientific program to look at the dynamics of the standard model and to try to prove from that dynamics that it is computationally capable.

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We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable,...

We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable,...

Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your...

Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your...

At some point, Moore's law will break down.

At some point, Moore's law will break down.

All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one...

All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one...

Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing,...

Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing,...

I have not proved that the universe is, in fact, a digital computer and that...

I have not proved that the universe is, in fact, a digital computer and that...

Another feature that everybody notices about the universe is that it's complex.

Another feature that everybody notices about the universe is that it's complex.

There are considerable advantages to using many degrees of freedom to store information, stability and...

There are considerable advantages to using many degrees of freedom to store information, stability and...

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

In order to figure out how to make atoms compute, you have to learn how...

In order to figure out how to make atoms compute, you have to learn how...

Indeed, as the above calculation indicates, to take full advantage of the memory space available,...

Indeed, as the above calculation indicates, to take full advantage of the memory space available,...

I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a...

I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a...

Merely by existing and evolving in time - by existing - any physical system registers...

Merely by existing and evolving in time - by existing - any physical system registers...

Of course, one way of thinking about all of life and civilization is as being...

Of course, one way of thinking about all of life and civilization is as being...

In this metaphor we actually have a picture of the computational universe, a metaphor which...

In this metaphor we actually have a picture of the computational universe, a metaphor which...

If you wanted to build the most powerful computer you could, you can't do better...

If you wanted to build the most powerful computer you could, you can't do better...

Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics.

Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics.

The amount of information that can be stored by the ultimate laptop, 10 to the...

The amount of information that can be stored by the ultimate laptop, 10 to the...

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.

One of the things that I've been doing recently in my scientific research is to...

One of the things that I've been doing recently in my scientific research is to...