CHAPTER 11

Old Dogma Screams at New Truth

Isabella is a superconducting particle accelerator. Particles collide at CZero within a circular tunnel buried underground at a depth of 300 feet. Energy density is greater than observed in the universe since the Big Bang.

As Isabella approaches full power, it creates a singing sound reminiscent of music made by the monolith in 2001. Extreme space-time curvature appears at CZero. When extreme turns to infinite, God speaks.

The universe is one vast irreducible ongoing computation which is working toward an unknown state. The purpose of existence is to reach that state.

If everything is a computation, then what about intelligence? What about the mind?

Intelligence is all around us. A thunderstorm is ...

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