I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a scientific program to investigate the computational capacity of the universe, that this is also a reasonable explanation for why the universe is complex. Seth Lloyd basiscapacitycomplex share on social
Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing, it changes that information, transforms that information, or, if you like, processes that information. Seth Lloyd evolveinformationphysical Change image and share on social
In this metaphor we actually have a picture of the computational universe, a metaphor which I hope to make scientifically precise as part of a research program. Seth Lloyd computationalhopemake Change image and share on social
Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics. Seth Lloyd deathlawlife Change image and share on social
Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the people who are willing to go out and do that, - if the experiments don't work, then it means it's not science. Seth Lloyd experimentmeanpeople Change image and share on social
At some point, Moore's law will break down. Seth Lloyd breaklawmoore Change image and share on social
Another feature that everybody notices about the universe is that it's complex. Seth Lloyd complexfeaturenotice Change image and share on social
Of course, one way of thinking about all of life and civilization is as being about how the world registers and processes information. Certainly that's what sex is about; that's what history is about. Seth Lloyd civilizationhistoryinformation Change image and share on social
Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody. Seth Lloyd consistduplicateform Change image and share on social
If you take a more Darwinian point of view the dynamics of the universe are such that as the universe evolved in time, complex systems arose out of the natural dynamics of the universe. Seth Lloyd arisecomplexdarwinian Change image and share on social
