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Where is the information stored?
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RE: Where is the information stored?
When I was a sophomore physics student, I was lucky enough to attend a surprise lecture by Richard Feynman. At one point in the lecture, I thought I understood something profound, and Feynman made eye contact and smiled kind of knowingly. But it was like a slippery fish that got away. Smile

Basically Feynman was showing how computation and physics are connected through thermodynamics. He was showing how the efficiency of computer chips was limited by the coding of the computation regardless of the realization of that computer physically. I believe reversible transformations were preferable.

It seems like the idea was related to the "mind-body" problem possibly. Maybe somebody here will have a thought? I feel like it was important, and maybe it was the point of the lecture. (It's almost like I owe it to Feynman to understand what he was trying to tell me... silly I guess.)
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Where is the information stored? - by Heywood - January 19, 2015 at 3:51 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by robvalue - January 19, 2015 at 3:54 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by psychoslice - January 19, 2015 at 3:54 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 3:59 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Heywood - January 19, 2015 at 4:02 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 4:07 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by robvalue - January 19, 2015 at 4:08 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 4:15 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Heywood - January 19, 2015 at 4:21 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 4:24 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Heywood - January 19, 2015 at 4:27 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Esquilax - January 19, 2015 at 11:03 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by robvalue - January 19, 2015 at 4:17 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 4:19 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Fidel_Castronaut - January 19, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Davka - January 19, 2015 at 12:54 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by robvalue - January 19, 2015 at 4:21 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 4:46 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Heywood - January 19, 2015 at 3:34 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Davka - January 19, 2015 at 4:44 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 5:52 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Heywood - January 20, 2015 at 3:52 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by dyresand - January 19, 2015 at 10:47 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 10:51 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Davka - January 19, 2015 at 10:55 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Heywood - January 19, 2015 at 2:47 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Davka - January 19, 2015 at 3:08 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Mister Agenda - January 20, 2015 at 2:11 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 11:06 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Esquilax - January 19, 2015 at 12:28 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 12:31 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Davka - January 19, 2015 at 11:12 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 11:16 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Davka - January 19, 2015 at 11:36 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 11:40 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by The Grand Nudger - January 19, 2015 at 11:21 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Davka - January 19, 2015 at 11:38 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Whateverist - January 19, 2015 at 11:37 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Davka - January 19, 2015 at 11:42 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by SteelCurtain - January 19, 2015 at 12:34 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Esquilax - January 19, 2015 at 1:34 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 1:18 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Chas - January 19, 2015 at 3:08 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by The Grand Nudger - January 19, 2015 at 3:36 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 19, 2015 at 3:38 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by watchamadoodle - January 19, 2015 at 10:16 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 20, 2015 at 3:57 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by watchamadoodle - January 20, 2015 at 10:12 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Thumpalumpacus - January 19, 2015 at 10:31 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 20, 2015 at 10:47 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by watchamadoodle - January 20, 2015 at 12:17 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Davka - January 20, 2015 at 1:58 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by watchamadoodle - January 20, 2015 at 2:51 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by The Grand Nudger - January 20, 2015 at 3:04 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by watchamadoodle - January 21, 2015 at 9:38 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Davka - January 21, 2015 at 3:34 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by popeyespappy - January 20, 2015 at 4:01 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Alex K - January 21, 2015 at 9:54 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Mental Outlaw - January 20, 2015 at 4:09 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by popeyespappy - January 21, 2015 at 3:28 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by The Grand Nudger - January 21, 2015 at 3:41 pm
RE: Where is the information stored? - by tantric - January 22, 2015 at 6:24 am
RE: Where is the information stored? - by Whateverist - January 22, 2015 at 9:15 am



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