The primary consequence of the computational nature of the universe is that the universe naturally generates complex systems, … - Seth Lloyd

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The primary consequence of the computational nature of the universe is that the universe naturally generates complex systems, such as life. Although the basic laws of physics are comparatively simple in form, they give rise, because they are computationally universal, to systems of enormous complexity.

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In order to figure out how to make atoms compute, you have to learn how to speak their language and to understand how they process information under normal circumstances.

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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.

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For hundreds of millions of years, Sex was the most efficient method for propagating information of dubious provenance: the origins of all those snippets of junk DNA are lost in the sands of reproductive history. Move aside, Sex: the world-wide Web has usurped your role.

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Some folks think life and technology and mind can keep expanding forever. Others say it can't. We are still not clear on that.

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Meaning is like pornography, you know it when you see it.

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