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I am a science fiction writer and computer programmer. Web site: https://www.gregegan.net  [mirrored at http://members.iinet.net.au/~gregegan@nets … ]

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    Greg Egan‏ @gregeganSF 21 Dec 2019
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    A priest learns that the universe is a tapestry copied from moment to moment by angels, and time only flows because they make mistakes. So he finds a book describing the eyes of angels, and from it derives every law of physics. #MagicRealismNonBot

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      1. Andrew McAuliffe‏ @amca1975 21 Dec 2019
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        Makes me think of a mystical Wang's Carpet.

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      1. Anton Akhmerov‏ @AkhmerovAnton 21 Dec 2019
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        Shouldn't the end read "...and disproves the NP-conjecture"?

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      2. Akiva Weinberger‏ @akivaw 21 Dec 2019
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        Turing-complete xerography errors

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      3. Akiva Weinberger‏ @akivaw 21 Dec 2019
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        Hm, I guess all cellular automata could basically be described as sufficiently strange copying mistakes

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      1. ʀօɮɨռ ɖǟʍɨօռ‏ @Robin_Damion 21 Dec 2019
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        Interesting that coherent laws should derive from mistakes rather than chaos.

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      1. Matios Berhe‏ @MatiosTV 21 Dec 2019
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        GREG. W.T.F. Beautiful.

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      1. Federico Capoani‏ @fcapoani 21 Dec 2019
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        Funnily enough, Big Bang theory was first formulated by Georges Lemaître, a Catholic priest.

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      1. Andrey Bronnikov‏ @AndBronx 21 Dec 2019
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        "But Lord, there is a math error in Your Ultimate Formula!" "I know, Albert... I know..."

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      1. Jani Jaakkola‏ @JaniJaakkola 23 Dec 2019
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        Please, write a short story about that. I'll pay for it.

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      1. Derek. JUST "Derek. JUST "Derek. JUST "Derek. JUST‏ @PereGrimmer 21 Dec 2019
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        Oh. I'd heard the one where the priest lends an angel his glasses, and the world ends.

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