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Information theory was formulated in the 1940s and deals with the quantification and storage of information and its communication. It turns out that the physics principle of entropy is a fundamental concept in information theory, and over the decades, the precepts of information theory have found application in neurobiology, molecular dynamics and theoretical physics—including the nature of black holes. The theory has become so far-reaching that physicists have explored whether the universe itself comprises a massive computational process.
A physicist from the University of Portsmouth has presented findings suggesting that gravity is the result of a computational process within the universe. His paper proposes that gravity might be a process that organizes matter in the universe; matter and objects in space could be pulled together to keep the information of the universe orderly.
The author, Dr. Melvin Vopson, says, “Put simply, it is far more computationally effective to track and compute the location and momentum of a single object in space than numerous objects. Therefore, it appears that the gravitational attraction is just another optimizing mechanism in a computational process that has the role to compress information.”
Is our universe the ultimate computer?
I have mentioned similar ideas in prior posts. What will it mean if it can be proven?