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wired, 2002

universalidade?
wired, 2002
universalidade?
silvio lemos meira
www.meira.com
silvio@cesar.org.br
its are from bits...
Every it
-every particle, every field of
force, even the space-time
continuum itself- derives its
function, its meaning, its very
existence entirely from
binary choices, bits.
What we call reality arises in
the last analysis from the
posing of yes/no questions.
john archibald wheeler
"We live on an island
surrounded by a sea
of ignorance. As our
island of knowledge
grows, so does the
shore of our
john archibald wheeler
“Spacetime tells
matter
how to move.
Matter tells
spacetime
how to curve.”
seth lloyd
“Spacetime tells
information
how to move.
Information
tells spacetime
how to curve.”
seth lloyd
"In the
computational
universe, the laws
of nature are to be
derived from the
way
in which quantum
edward fredkin
...there is no
convincing
experimental evidence
and no convincing
argument based on
experimental evidence
that points to any
quantity of physics
edward fredkin
Finite Nature implies that
the basic substrate of
physics operates in a
manner similar to the
workings of certain
specialized computers
called Cellular Automata.
This means that a volume of
space has a certain
edward fredkin
s: CA cell to cell distance
c: speed of light

s ≈ fermi (10-13 cm)


1cc = 1058 CPS
s ≈ planck (10 cm)
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1cc = 10 CPS
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fredkin... &...
Konrad Zuse:
Rechnender Raum,
Elektronische Datenverarbeitung,
vol. 8, pages 336-344, 1967:

...the entire
universe is being
computed on a
computer,
fredkin, zuse... &...
von NEUMANN :
vNZF, T, schmidhuber!
...Systematically create and
execute all programs for a
universal computer, such as a
Turing machine or a CA; the first
program is run for one
instruction every second step
on average, the next for one
vNZFTS, wolfram!...
"And indeed in the end the PCE
encapsulates both the ultimate power
and the ultimate weakness of science.
For it implies that all the wonders of
the universe can in effect be
captured by simple rules, yet it
shows that there can be no way to
know all the consequences of these
vNZFTSWLtHG...

WAIT...
AND
SEE!
mundo real...

gerações da
informática:
antes, NO,
depois
do
universalidade
LANDscape
universalidade

BODYscape
universalidade

MINDscape
universalidade
LANDscape
BODYscape
MINDscape
concluindo...
wired, 2002
universalidade?
silvio lemos meira
www.meira.com
silvio@cesar.org.br

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