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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.
By Laura Miller

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  • Monday, March 6, 2006 09:26 AM

    You got your leg pulled

    I'm pretty sure the "Counterfactual computing" link in the article is a joke.

    One pretty big tipoff is the following line:

    "We also showed theoretically how to obtain the answer without ever running the algorithm, by using a 'chained Zeno' effect."

    Zeno is the villian in Scientology, kind of like the devil of Christianity.

    Plus, read it with an eye to its being fake, and it's pretty humorous.

    —cardshark Read cardshark's other letters

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