If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.

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I like to do things that are surprising and different.

I like to do things that are surprising and different.

If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.

If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books,...

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books,...

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out...

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out...

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still...

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still...

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear...

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear...

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's...

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's...

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with...

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with...

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

I like a book better if I can't predict what's going to happen.

I like a book better if I can't predict what's going to happen.

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if...

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if...

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not...

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not...

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times...

But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times...