“The significance of a bit depends not just on its value but on how that value affects other bits over time, as part of the continued information processing that makes up the dynamical evolution of the universe.”
― Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos
― Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos
“Programmed by quanta, physics gave rise first to chemistry and then to life; programmed by mutations and recombination, life gave rise to Shakespeare; programmed by experience and imagination, Shakespeare gave rise to Hamlet.”
― Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos
― Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos
“You're water. We're the millstone.
You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes.
You're spirit. We're the opening and closing
of our hands. You're the clarity.
We're the language that tries to say it.
You're joy. We're all the different kinds of laughing.”
― The Essential Rumi
You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes.
You're spirit. We're the opening and closing
of our hands. You're the clarity.
We're the language that tries to say it.
You're joy. We're all the different kinds of laughing.”
― The Essential Rumi
“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”
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“Whether we like it or not, modern ways are going to alter and in part destroy traditional customs and values.”
― Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science
― Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science
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