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Old 29-December-2008, 11:53 AM
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Yeah, and one can ask if the universe even "knows" its own initial conditions.
It doesn't, it only knows it's current conditions.

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Just how much information can fit in one universe anyway?
It's current state, precisely.

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Why should it need an infinity of information just to function?
It shouldn't, it only needs to know its current state, which it knows by being in it.
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