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It's a funny story, but now that we do understand better what entropy is it's clear that information and thermodynamic entropy are the same concept, so it was a
by mitthrowaway2 4y ago
It's a funny story, but now that we do understand better what entropy is it's clear that information and thermodynamic entropy are the same concept, so it was a very good call.
- User23 4y agoVon Neumann was incredibly clever.
- bee_rider 4y agovon Neumann was an alien sent to Earth when we were about to get/were in the process of getting nukes, to make sure we advanced fast enough to not blow ourselves up. And the wild thing is that you, the reader, are only like 75% sure I’m kidding and don’t actually believe this.
- mitthrowaway2 4y agoYes, it's likely he also understood that they were the same concept, and his recommendation was less of a joke than his words suggest.