In mindscape 63, on finding gravity with in quana mechanics, Brent meeker speculated that there are finitely many degrees of freedom in a given volume of space. Andrew kay says, due to beckenstein's bound in a finite volume of space, there can only be a finite number of bits of information. But it's not a qualitative difference in the behavioro can you going to group two questions together?
Welcome to the September 2021 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
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