Book review¹

I quote from the prologue of the book as an introduction:

„Within this discourse, surely the most exciting and fundamental question of all has to be: why is there a reality at all and where does it come from? In other words, before we can even speak about why things are connected, we need to ask ourselves why things exist in the first place. I will argue in this book that the notion of 'information' gives us the answer to both questions. Curiously, this makes information a far more fundamental quantity in the Universe than matter or energy, which is no mean feat in itself. If we look at reality in terms of 'bits of information', it is interesting that both the existence of reality and its inherent connectivity become completely transparent. Irrespective of whether you are a casual reader or a scientific researcher this has extraordinary implications for each and every one of us.
The three words that I read back in autumn 1994, which changed my perspective so markedly, were 'Information is physical'. The three words, in this order, stood out as the title of an amazing chapter in an otherwise obscure book, and over time made me realize that indeed maybe information is the answer. After having spent the last 15 years convincing myself that it is, I now endeavour to spend the next 12 chapters convincing you likewise.”

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¹ http://www.amazon.com/Decoding-Reality-Universe-Quantum-Information/dp/B005X4CLZ0

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