TagSeth Lloyd

Programming Universe (Computing the Universe)

In this blog post, we explore Seth Lloyd’s fascinating argument, presented in his book ‘Programming Universe’, that views the universe as a single quantum computer.   Anyone who has waited knows Is there anything in the world as heart-wrenching as waiting? At the place where you were supposed to come, here where I arrived first Every person who opens the door and enters Was you Was...

Programming the Universe (Does the Universe Really Operate Like a Quantum Computer?)

In this blog post, we explore how the universe operates like a quantum computer and the new paradigms this creates, based on Seth Lloyd’s ‘Programming the Universe’.   ‘In the beginning, there was the bit.’ Anyone unfamiliar with this book might find this statement somewhat puzzling. They likely know bits only as a unit of data size. Modern physicists are primarily interested in two...