The amount of information that can be stored by the ultimate laptop, 10 to the 31st bits, is much higher than the 10 to the 10th bits stored on current laptops.

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Something else has happened with computers.

Something else has happened with computers.

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.

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...

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,...

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.

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.