174 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
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174 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
thesis is that we could all be living in one of these games. Perhaps our
Universe is a form of Mandelbrot diagram - albeit a 3D version with
stars and planets. If you look at the picture of a nebula and compare it to
the Mandelbrot set, you can see how this is a tempting conclusion.
In the Game of Life the rules are simple yet the behavior simulates
little animals being created and destroyed. Of course, there are no
actual animals. The things you see on the screen, ‘gliders’ ‘walkers, and
‘cannons, just hang together accidentally. But, Wolfram considers these
little digital creatures are animals. He argues our Universe is just like the
Game of Life: A set of simple rules leading to complex behavior. If we are
Nebula
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