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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is about everything. Life, the Universe, everything. If you've read these amazing books, you know the answer is 42, but what's the question? To find out what the question was, they built a giant computer we call Earth. And though it seems silly, perhaps Douglas Adams was correct, and that not just earth, but the WHOLE UNIVERSE is an incredibility complex computational system, processing the answer to some unknown question. The universe IS made up of information, similar to a computer, and physics (you know, the basis of the universe) certainly is based on computational principles. But is it running some grand program? Will the answer be 42? Make sure you have your towel, and watch the episode!
Reading List:
-- An Introduction to Digital Philosophy, Edward Fredkin, International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 42, No. 2, February 2003 ( C ° 2003) - Edward Fredkin1
-- The Computable Universe, edited by Hector Zenil
-- Information, Physics, Quantum: The Search for Links, by John Archibald Wheeler
-- Against Digital Ontology - Luciano Floridi
"a computer of such infinite and subtle complexity that organic life itself will form part of its operational matrix."
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Simulation Argument:
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Numberphile Videos:
Is Zero Even? - Numberphile
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Problems with Zero - Numberphile
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Zero Factorial - Numberphile
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Tweet of the week:
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Music:
"Europe" by Roglok ([ Ссылка ])
"Carry on Carillon" by Roglok ([ Ссылка ])
"Bouncy Castle" by Roglok ([ Ссылка ])
":P" by Roglok ([ Ссылка ])
Level 5: Room for the Homeless
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Chiptune - Kenzalol
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Clockwork - Titan (geometry remix)
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