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

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From: Bob Cain
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:59

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Anton Vredegoor wrote:

> Some time ago there was an article in scientific american about
> repeating universes. One idea was that there could be only a limited
> amount of info in a certain volume and the total volume of the universe
> could be bigger than "the number of possible states a volume can be in"
> multiplied by "the amount of space a single volume occupies".

Which removes all the mystery about our existence or the conditions 
required for it.  It's the way it is in our local universe simply 
because it's one of the possible states.


Bob
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"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no simpler."

                                              A. Einstein

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