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Re:Algorithm discovers how six molecules could evolve into l... by amelius on Sunday October 04, 2020 @06:53PM (#24682901)
A global clock can't exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_of_simultaneity

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Re:Algorithm discovers how six molecules could evolve into l... by jakear on Sunday October 04, 2020 @11:21PM (#24684287)
Who said anything about global? Each “cell” (elementary particle? string?) in the automata could be responsible for its own update function, based on its own clock ticking along at its own plank time.
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Re:Algorithm discovers how six molecules could evolve into l... by fierarul on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:41PM (#24683814)
Plank Time would be the smallest size of a grid in that Wikipedia animation.
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