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

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From: Dori
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:53

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Eliot Coweye wrote:
> Just in case I want to program my own universe or digitize the existing
> universe on a computer, how many bits do I need to create a working
> universe?
> 
well since the universe is infinite.. and properties of entities in the 
universe are infinite, and every continous variable has an infinite 
number of values...

you can safely conclude that the answer is trivial.. infinite number of 
bits. And mind you, if your bits that represent a universe are within 
that universe... you will get the function of number of bits to increase 
slower then the size of your universe(mathematically speaking).

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