"Thinking of the universe as a computer is…" — Seth Lloyd

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31 Quotes by Seth Lloyd

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Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.
Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes, and the second law of thermodynamics.
According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter,…
Another feature that everybody notices about the universe is that it's complex.
At some point, Moore's law will break down.
All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one wishes to define computation will…
Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing, it changes that information, transforms…
I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a scientific program to investigate the…
I have not proved that the universe is, in fact, a digital computer and that it's capable of performing universal…
If you wanted to build the most powerful computer you could, you can't do better than including everything in the…
If you take a more Darwinian point of view the dynamics of the universe are such that as the universe…
In order to figure out how to make atoms compute, you have to learn how to speak their language and…

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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely… — Isaac Asimov
All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim… — Isaac Asimov
A lot of these kids I think are more content just to be on Facebook and the computer than they… — Dave Attell
One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine
Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it… — Norman Ralph Augustine
I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone. — Sebastian Bach
Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business. — Erykah Badu
Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those… — Russell Baker
It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered… — Russell Baker
Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality is no longer going… — J. G. Ballard
The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot. — Dave Barry

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