> From: Mike Dougherty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> http://blog.wolfram.com/2007/10/the_prize_is_won_the_simplest.html
> 
> Can someone tell me what this means in the context of this list?
> 
> Also, that "machine" appears to be fractal.  Is it truly fractal, or
> am I incorrectly assuming that due to a grossly self-similar pattern?


Wolfram says that this is a piece of evidence for his "Principal of
Computational Equivalence". He's trying to prove that a few simple rules
generate (emerge) the whole universe, kind of like the registers on your
PC's CPU.  

John
 

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