Universe as a cellular automaton

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The discussion centers around the concept of the universe as a cellular automaton, specifically with N-dimensional Planck-scale cells governed by simple rules. Participants express confusion about how this theory could be articulated or understood. Andrew Ilachinski's work on cellular automata is mentioned as relevant, indicating that this idea has been explored by various scholars. A Wikipedia article on cellular automata is suggested as a resource for further information. Overall, the conversation highlights the complexity and novelty of the cellular automaton theory in relation to the universe.
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Have there been any published papers promoting an idea that the universe is a cellular automaton with N-dimensional Planck-scale cells with some unknown but hopefully not incredibly complex set of rules?
 
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What? I don't even know how that would begin to make any sense.
 
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Have there been any published papers promoting an idea that the universe is a cellular automaton with N-dimensional Planck-scale cells with some unknown but hopefully not incredibly complex set of rules?

string theory?
 
I don’t pretend to understand this, but there is a discussion of your subject matter here:

CA As Models of the Fundamental Physical Reality.

As Andrew Ilachinski points out in his Cellular Automata, many scholars have raised the question of whether the universe is a cellular automaton.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_automaton
 
Ah ok, after reading that article the OP makes a lot more sense. Other than the wikipedia article I've never heard of this before, so I can't be of much help. Have you looked at the references on the wikipedia article Terrr?
 

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