I am sorry to confirm the passing of my colleague John Conway. An incomparable mathematician, a pleasant neighbor, and an excellent coffee acquaintance. His passing was sudden (fever started only Wednesday morning). Part of coronavirus's hard toll in New Jersey.
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Even if we have the formula for reality (which I think we do ish), the product, at any particular stage, is (probably) unknowable until it is calculated. The general pattern is mappable, but the details get filled in on the fly. In the Game of Life, there's no way to know...
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But there is a one in a million chance we aren't in a computer simulation
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