This whole post strongly reminds me of “A New Kind of Science” [0], where Stephen Wolfram tries to explain the workings of the universe using simple computational structures like Cellular Automata, network systems, etc. I know that Wolfram is not highly regarded for many different reasons (mostly related to personal traits), but I got a very similar feeling when reading both NKS and this post—that there is something in the idea, that the fabric of the universe might actually be found to be best described by a simple computational model.
This whole post strongly reminds me of “A New Kind of Science” [0], where Stephen Wolfram tries to explain the workings of the universe using simple computational structures like Cellular Automata, network systems, etc. I know that Wolfram is not highly regarded for many different reasons (mostly related to personal traits), but I got a very similar feeling when reading both NKS and this post—that there is something in the idea, that the fabric of the universe might actually be found to be best described by a simple computational model.
[0] - http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline/toc.html