Have you tried the Brave web browser? Functionally similar to Chrome, even syncs with it, but blocks everything except content. See
brave.com I like the theory. Makes one wonder how many bits fit into the E=MC^2 equivalence formula. Personally, I use it to explain my weight gain. 😮 On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 9:32 AM JonesBeene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > *From: *Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> > > > > bigthink.com: > https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/dark-matter-theory > > > > This is a very provocative idea – that information has actual mass…guess > that is why it is featured on a site called “the big think”… > > > > The concept also relates to LENR in a back door way – since Holmlid > suggests that matter can be completely annihilated or turned into energy. > Is this the modern version of “book burning”?? > > > > The author of the piece, Philip Perry did not claim exactly that dark > matter or the black hole is a repository of information, but that is the > implication. OTOH another article by Philip suggests that Jesus (yes, that > Jesus) used Cannabis for some of his miracle cures. This kind of lateral > thinking made me want to immediately sign up to get the blog until I > noticed how many trackers it had already tried to install. > > > > Anyway, there is a pregnant thought from Wheeler is particularly resonant: > > “There was perhaps no greater proponent of information theory than another > unsung paragon of science, John Archibald Wheeler > <https://futurism.com/john-wheelers-participatory-universe>. Wheeler was > part of the Manhattan Project, worked out the "S-Matrix" with Niels Bohr > and helped Einstein develop a unified theory of physics. In his later > years, he proclaimed, "Everything is information." Then he went about > exploring connections between quantum mechanics and information theory….He > also coined the phrase "it from bit" or that every particle in the universe > emanates from the information locked inside it. At the Santa Fe Institute > in 1989, Wheeler announced that everything, from particles to forces to the > fabric of spacetime itself "… derives its function, its meaning, its very > existence entirely … from the apparatus-elicited answers to yes-or-no > questions, binary choices, bits > <https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/why-information-cant-be-the-basis-of-reality/>." > END quote. > > Too bad the website itself has not been designed to honor privacy > concerns or to function well on Firefox browser. Makes one wonder if > MS/Google did not insert the background trackers as a tit for tat … which > is kind of ironic, given the subject matter. > > > > >
