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  Re: XKCD is amusing for once...  
From: Mike Raiford
Date: 18 Nov 2008 14:17:48
Message: <492314dc$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> 
> More specifically, I would imagine this is Wolfram's assertion that the 
> universe might be a giant CA, which would explain why certain physical 
> quantities have a discrete, "quantum" nature. (I believe he theorised 
> that different subatomic particules might be "tangles" in some kind of 
> hyper-dimensional network, which updates itself in a mannar similar to a 
> CA.)
> 

Interesting.

Ever notice how when we start examining the very small scales or the 
very large scale the theories get more and more bizarre? Especially when 
we get to talking about what the universe is made of.
-- 
~Mike


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