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Re:Why not string theory? Because enough is enough by eli_gottlieb on Sunday June 12, 2016 @12:22PM (#11888808)
>The idea that the universe runs on a simple program with simple rules hasn't failed us so far.

Uhhhh... yes it has. The universe has myriad levels at which a simple program works. If the universe "really" runs on a simple program with simple rules, it's got so large a parameter space that even knowing the program itself is mostly useless to us.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.6738

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Re:Why not string theory? Because enough is enough by seanmcdirmid on Monday June 13, 2016 @01:31AM (#11891882)
A simple program running for billions years on trillions of bits...of course the result isn't going to be "simple." Still, knowing what the code would hardly be useless, and we are spending a lot of resources on trying to figure out.
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