Digital Philosophy and Religion

[Rayaan]

I think the best possible argument against the Universe behaving like a computer is the obvious fact that the Universe doesn't routinely shut down for inexplicable reasons. I mean honestly, when was the last time gravity just shut off?

Boru

That's not a good argument, because the cosmological computer doesn't necessarily need to routinely shut down if it's powerful and massive enough as it is; it can compute for a long, long time.

It may shut down once it's computational capacity has become exhausted, though. Or it may just reboot itself after an indefinite period of time.


Also, here's an interesting panel discussion.