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the operations of the universe resemble
a giant computer. The question then
becomes who is programming the
software? Let’s see.
The Rise of Information Theory
A 2017 article in New Scientist by
Anil Ananthaswamy observed that
physics suggests information is more
fundamental than matter, energy,
space, and time. This is the recognition
of a belief that has developed among
scientists over several decades. To
avoid confusion, I should mention that
the term, “information theory,” has
a loosely related historical meaning.
In the 1940s, Claude Shannon
developed a body of work labeled
information theory that had to do with
information imparted by radio and
telecommunications transmissions.
The modern quantum theory of
information explores the idea that
energy and the subatomic particles
it produces are encoded with the
directive information that forms
creation much as DNA contains the
information that guides the formation
of organic physical forms.
A 2017 article by Phil Perry in Big
Think nicely summarizes quantum
information theory:
“To look at information theory from
a quantum viewpoint, the positions
of particles, their movement, how
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