We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable, maybe we shouldn't be so surprised that things are so entirely out of control.

Quote by Seth Lloyd

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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...

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,...

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...

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...

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Something else has happened with computers.

Something else has happened with computers.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.