It is a speculative idea that the universe can be conceived of as a vast, digital computation device.
Digital Physics suggests that there exists at least in principle, a program for a universal computer that computes the evolution of the universe. The computer could be, for example, a huge Cellular Automaton.
Related
- ^it-for-bit
- Holographic Principle / Limit on Information Density
- Feynman’s Theory of Cellular Automata
- Wolfram Physics