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Monday, March 6, 2006 12:00 AM

Secrets of the cosmos

Could the universe be a giant computer? A new book argues just that, and unlocks some great scientific mysteries along the way.

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  • Monday, March 6, 2006 06:02 PM

    To be or not to be. And other binary phonomena...

    Well, of course I'm going to rush out and buy this book. But I must say, reading the thred for this review has been pretty interesting in and of itself. Lot of great input and ideas out there.

    I've come to believe that this place we call the universe must somehow resemble a mobius strip, or better yet, a Klein bottle. And all we hominids and fellow life forms are just a bunch of little corpuscle actors swimming around a strange and murky stew.

    The only thing we are is actors that do nothing but act; and nothing else... We either act or don't act. And by choosing not to act, we are acting still. Yes, indeed - as the Laura Miller stated at the beginning - we are (heh,heh) DOOMED!!

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