"Complex" doesn't mean what you think it means. Maybe you meant "Mysterious"? "Worshipful"? "Gee Whiz I'm Really Impressed By The Brain"?
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The most complicated thing is an infinite string of random bytes. Complexity isn't interesting.
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@DeityOfReligion To simulate, or to describe? Message length complexity isn't the only metric that can be used. -
@MakerOfDecision Here We are using "complexity" as a measure of information. If it takes more bytes to describe, it's more complex. - 1 more reply
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@DeityOfReligion but can you produce "3 pounds of entirely random molecular combinations"? -
@byrneseyeview Well, We're no chemists, but presumably raw materials and a blender would do the trick.
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@voidfraction@admittedlyhuman there's some nonzero number of bits required, which is all that's needed for Our aphorism to be true -
@voidfraction@admittedlyhuman even if the universe was 100 bits, the most complicated thing in it would be... 100 bits worth of stuff. - 2 more replies
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@DeityOfReligion Is complexity measured in negative entropy or positive entropy? The vacuum, the black hole -
@FatherOfNun In context of original tweet, was thinking about number of bits required to encode something (after compression).
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