@CurlOfGradient Let me go on record: predicting that will turn out to be incorrect, that a relatively short program outputs our universe.
@MoralOfStory Order of magnitude of the possible initial configurations that would produce a universe similar to our own?
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@CurlOfGradient # of bits to completely specify a program that outputs our universe, or at least one that contains us. -
@MoralOfStory Just a couple thousand lines of code for the laws of physics, and then 10^80 bits for the initial conditions. If you mean 1/2 - 12 more replies
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@MoralOfStory Considering the # of particles and using a granularity of the Planck length, an absurdly conservative estimate would be 10^80.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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