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From: rissa@chinet.UUCP (Patricia O Tuama)
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Subject: Ed Fredkin
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Date: 20 Mar 88 05:15:34 GMT
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From the April ATLANTIC MONTHLY:

"Did the Universe Just Happen?"  by Robert Wright

Controversial scientist Edward Fredkin says no -- that the universe 
is a computer, and was built for a purpose.  Fredkin believes that 
information is more fundamental than matter or energy, that all of 
reality is governed by a single programming rule, and that the uni-
verse may have been created to get the answer to a question.

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The universe is a computer, designed to answer a question.
Why does this sound so familiar?

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