A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes computation describable finitely
I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end. Rudy Rucker deadendnanotechnology Change image and share on social
Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't deemed profitable enough to print. You hardly make any money publishing an electronic book. Rudy Rucker backbookdeem Change image and share on social
It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not particularly good and after about half an hour you know how it's going to end. Rudy Rucker endgoodhalf Change image and share on social
In any finite region of space, matter can only arrange itself in a finite number of configurations, just as a deck of cards can be arranged in only finitely many different orders. If you shuffle the deck infinitely many times, the card orderings must necessarily repeat. Brian Greene arrangecardconfiguration share on social
There is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more advanced computations than the arrangements of particles in human brains. Stephen Hawking advancearrangementbrain Change image and share on social