--- 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]

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