Is life a form of computation?

Re:Is life a form of computation? by bgwalter on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @05:42PM (#45353134)

I felt reminded of Hofstadter's Goedel/Escher/Bach mysticism that somehow everything is recursion.

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Re:Is life a form of computation? by AfterHIA on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @07:55PM (#45354416)

I might not be a strange loop but I am indeed strange.

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Re:Is life a form of computation? by anthk on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @05:56PM (#45353271)

Self-simulation.

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Re:Is life a form of computation? by emmelaich on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @11:03PM (#45355828)

or the idea that the universe is a computer

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Re:Is life a form of computation? by GoatOfAplomb on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:42AM (#45357069)

In any case, he did fit that into a book! If only barely.

Edit: On further reflection, I suppose he didn't, if we consider the effort to span Gödel Escher Bach and I Am a Strange Loop.

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Re:Is life a form of computation? by prmph on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @04:51AM (#45357844)

Including free will

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