"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:
> Tipler has shown (maybe, I'm not convinced) that we can do an infinite
> amount of computation in a closed universe, but with finite matter you
> can only store a finite number of states anyway so at best you're
> going to repeat yourself forever -- infinite computation is
> uninteresting without infinite storage.
No, matter is not that relevant. What is needed is phase space volume
- you can store states/information in energy too. Tipler explicitly
tries to avoid the Eternal Return in his model.
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