>The universe is a big computer (you'd like to say QUANTUM computer, but
>I think there may be more fundamental particles than quarks.)
The universe is like a computer in many respects (some aspects are
amenable to algorithmic descriptions) and not like a computer in
many more respects (you can't buy one at Radio Shack). What is to
be gained by equating the two?
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