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Is any of what he’s saying here, something he hasn’t essentially already said before? The parts of this which were a little surprising to me (e.g. the bit abou
by drdeca 2y ago
Is any of what he’s saying here, something he hasn’t essentially already said before?
The parts of this which were a little surprising to me (e.g. the bit about comparing time to heat, and the bit about running out of steps to do at an event horizon) iirc all linked to a thing posted a while ago?
I don’t share his enthusiasm for the phrase “computational irreducibility”. I would prefer to talk about e.g. no-speedup theorems.
- whatshisface 2y agoIt has been said before, but by Stephen Wolfram.
- ants_everywhere 2y agoThere's "digital physics" which goes back to the late 60s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics. The connection between heat/entropy and time is well explored. E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_as_an_arrow_of_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_as_an_arrow_of_time
- nitwit005 2y agoIt feels like this could be a perfectly decent article if he toned down his ego and referenced existing work (other than his own). But I don't think that's possible for him.