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Not sure if this a trivial or naive thought - is that perhaps because in non-discrete ideas there is more granularity of information encoded compared to a numerical solution?

Separatelt, but on a related note - do we need analog or quantum computing to "truly" scale?

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To ”truly” scale we need a system directly doing calculation on some fundamental property of matter. Quantum computing is _close_ but suffers from a lack of interpretability: how would we know if our quantum simulation of the universe would include the quantum computer doing the simulation, as well as another recursive copy of the simulation, and another, and another…

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