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

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Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a...

According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps 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...

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.

Something else has happened with computers.

Something else has happened with computers.

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...