Re: How many bits are necessary to store the universe?

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From: Traveler
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:48

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On 14 Nov 2005 08:21:19 -0800, "tadchem" <thomas.davidson@dla.mil>
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>John Horton Conway's 'Game of Life' is a simplistic universe with bits,
>a space, and a simple set of rules which leads to an infinitely diverse
>universe.  I recommend a study of it.

There really is no need for a space. Ascribing intrinsic positions to
particles (cells) is more than sufficient. I suggest that the same is
true for the real universe. It's all particles. Space is superfluous.
I would even say that it is an illusion of the mind.

Louis Savain

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