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Edward Fredkin, 88, Who Saw the Universe as One Big Computer, Dies (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 2 years ago by PopBobert@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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An influential M.I.T. professor and an outside-the-box scientific theorist, he gained fame with unorthodox views as a pioneer in digital physics.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Didn't die, he was just flagged as space available to be written over.

[–] Cleetus@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Compressed and archived. salute

[–] SomeOtherUsername@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 years ago

He was free()d