I have not proved that the universe is, in fact, a digital computer and that it's capable of performing universal computation, but it's plausible that it is. (Seth Lloyd)

I have not proved that the universe is, in fact, a digital computer and that it's capable of performing universal computation, but it's plausible that it is.

Seth Lloyd

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