http://xxx.uni-augsburg.de/abs/astro-ph/0112543
Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0112543
From: Milan M. Cirkovic <arioch@eunet.yu>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 04:29:45 GMT (8kb)
On the Maximal Quantity of Processed Information in the Physical
Eschatological Context
Authors: Milan M. Cirkovic, Marina Radujkov
Comments: 6 pages, no figures
An estimate of the maximal informational content available to
advanced extraterrestrial or future (post)human civilizations is
presented. It is shown that the fundamental thermodynamical
considerations may lead to a quantitative estimate of the largest
quantity of information to be processed by conceivable computing
devices. This issue is interesting from the point of view of
physical eschatology, as well as general futurological topics,
like the degree of confidence in long-term physical predictions or
viability of the large-scale simulations of complex systems.
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