I have not proved that the universe is, in fact, a digital computer and that it's capable of performing universal computation, but it's plausible that it is.

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Something else has happened with computers.

Something else has happened with computers.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.