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>The idea that the universe runs on a simple program with simple rules hasn't failed us so far. Uhhhh... yes it has. The universe has myriad levels at which a
by eli_gottlieb 10y ago
>The idea that the universe runs on a simple program with simple rules hasn't failed us so far.
Uhhhh... yes it has. The universe has myriad levels at which a simple program works. If the universe "really" runs on a simple program with simple rules, it's got so large a parameter space that even knowing the program itself is mostly useless to us.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.6738 https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.6738
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoA simple program running for billions years on trillions of bits...of course the result isn't going to be "simple." Still, knowing what the code would hardly be useless, and we are spending a lot of resources on trying to figure out.