According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter, maybe right where we're sitting right now, caused our galaxy to start collapsing around here.

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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...

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...

Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the...

Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the...

What's happened with society is that we have created these devices, computers, which already can...

What's happened with society is that we have created these devices, computers, which already can...

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...

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...

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the...

Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the...

Something else has happened with computers.

Something else has happened with computers.

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...

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...

It's also a reasonable scientific program to look at the dynamics of the standard model...

It's also a reasonable scientific program to look at the dynamics of the standard model...

If you take a more Darwinian point of view the dynamics of the universe are...

If you take a more Darwinian point of view the dynamics of the universe are...