If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.
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It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.
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Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens.
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I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.
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Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.
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All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one might have expected.
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