David J. Gross - Is the Cosmos a Computer?

That the cosmos is a computer sounds like a modern metaphor, a way of explaining how things work. But some make a bolder claim: that the cosmos is in reality a computer, not just as metaphor. This would mean that all that exists in the physical universe is in essence the computational process of the universe itself generating itself. Does that make sense? Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on if the universe is a computer: https://bit.ly/2YMSkJs David Jonathan Gross is an American particle physicist and string theorist. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: http://bit.ly/2GXmFsP Closer to Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.