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Re:One-electron universe by mr12 on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @03:22PM (#6446709)
This idea is very, very old. I first read about it in the book Stalking the Wild Pendulum.

http://www.amazon.com/Stalking-Wild-Pendulum-Mechanics-Consc...

Re:One-electron universe by shardling on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @04:01PM (#6446929)
Why are you referring to a book that was published well after the quote in the article?

>"Feynman's thesis advisor, John Wheeler, proposed the hypothesis in a telephone call to Feynman in the spring of 1940"

Re:One-electron universe by mr12 on Thursday September 26, 2013 @05:59AM (#6449777)
Because I'm lazy and didn't read the entire article. You got me.