--- Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Mahoney wrote: > > *The entropy of the universe is of the order T^2 c^5/hG ~ 10^122 bits, > where T > > is the age of the universe, c is the speed of light, h is Planck's > constant > > and G is the gravitational constant. By coincidence (or not?), each bit > would > > occupy the volume of a proton. (The physical constants do not depend on > any > > particle properties). > > A small but crucial point: this is the entropy of everything within the > horizon visible from *here*. What about the stuff (possibly infinite > amounts of stuff) that lies beyond the curvature horizon?
In a simulation, you don't need to compute it. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=11983
