Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing, it changes that information, transforms that information, or, if you like, processes that information.

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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...

Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by...

Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

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...

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...

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.

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,...