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> could not calculate an arbitrarily deep zoom that required 10^81 bits of precision. Right? I’m here to nitpick. Number of bits is not strictly 1:1 to number
by earnestinger 2y ago
> could not calculate an arbitrarily deep zoom that required 10^81 bits of precision. Right?
I’m here to nitpick.
Number of bits is not strictly 1:1 to number of particles. I would propose to use distances between particles to encode information.
- Quekid5 2y ago... and how would you decode that information? Heisenberg sends his regards. EDIT: ... and of course the point isn't that it's 1:1 wrt. bits and atoms, but I think the point was that there is obviously some maximum information density -- too much information in "one place" leads to a black hole.
- immibis 2y agoFun fact: the maximum amount of information you can store in a place is the entropy of a black hole, and it's proportional to the surface area, not the volume.
- Quekid5 2y agoYeah, I forgot to mention that in my edit. The area relation throws up so many weird things about what information and space even is, etc.