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Name: Anonymous 2007-04-30 22:48 ID:HMwYUhWq

Is the information in the universe finite or infinite? Explain.

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-01 20:18 ID:q47C8pUN

Opinions?

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-01 21:10 ID:3zCjIdKT

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-01 23:48 ID:Og2raseb

>>1
If the universe is infinitely precise there is no way we can know for sure because there is no way we can make scientific instruments infinitely precise in order to check it.

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-02 3:29 ID:kQ6x3/Ik

Depends on whether you believe the laws of thermodynamics or not.

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-02 5:02 ID:sgnKOffp

It's called e, and it contains an infinite amount of information.

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-02 5:45 ID:35Qra8GX

>>5
elaborate please.

Hypothetically, is there a stage where we can 'know' everything in the universe?

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-02 9:03 ID:EEz1AjMU

There is infinite information if there is infinite medium for that information. Otherwise, there is not.

Name: You Fail 2007-05-02 9:11 ID:5Ma2vqso

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Name: 4tran 2007-05-05 18:59 ID:SzaHieIA

Are we in a closed, open, or flat universe?

Name: hawk 2007-05-07 3:21 ID:dpmAkGtN

e doesn't contain an infinite amount of information, you're confusing information with representation
whether or not the universe contains an infinite amount of infomration depends on how you define information, on whether o not the believe the universe is infinite in size, and on whether or not you believe that spacetime is quantized. Even if the universe is infinite and not quantized it might contain a finite amount of information since this does not preclude it from having a simple representation.

Name: 4tran 2007-05-07 6:26 ID:m+y4ZOB/

>>11
I guess that's true.  An infinite, empty universe can be represented trivially with a 0.

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-07 21:33 ID:ifrvY1j7

is there a limit to the number of ideas that the human mind can think up? I read somewhere that its limited by the number of neurons in the brain or some shit, somewhere in the billions.

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-08 0:10 ID:j5c+n5MM

uncertainty principle

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-08 3:22 ID:vlIto9xZ

>>14
You do not understand uncertainty principle.

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-08 3:47 ID:EHU/VRIN

We don't know which way the electron is spinning. That doesn't mean it contains infinite information

Name: Anonymous 2009-03-18 2:31

I feel the need, the need for weed!

Marijuana MUST be legalized.

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