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April 29, 2011Abstract

Information Lost

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I n a world full of exponentially expanding information, some data drops out of the archive. Somehow, the faded-to-near-white sign on the building corner is mildly soothing. Its message more meaningful perhaps now than when it was fresh and new. Quantum mechanics postulates that comprehensive information about a physical system at one point in time determines its condition at any other time.

“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.” - Stephen Hawking


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