video Episode Does Information Create the Cosmos? Watch Next What’s Strong Emergence? What is Philosophy of Cosmology? Why Philosophy of Physics & Cosmology? Observing Quanta, Observing Nature A Tribute to Marvin Minsky Does Philosophy Help Science? Details Share Of what is reality made? What are the most basic building blocks from which the cosmos is constructed? Particles? Mass-Energy? Forces? Fields? A new candidate is ‘Information’—‘IT from BIT’. Related Topics CosmosDeep Laws of NatureInformation as Fundamental? Featured In Season 14Astonishing Cosmos Contributors Seth Lloyd Seth Lloyd works on complex systems; quantum computation, communication, error; quantum... Sean Carroll Sean Carroll works on cosmology, field, gravitation; dark matter/energy, extra... Raphael Bousso Raphael Bousso works in cosmology and quantum gravity/cosmology; black holes, holographic... Alan Guth Alan Guth is a pioneer of the theory of inflation to account for the beginning of the... Christof Koch Christof Koch is known for his work on the neural bases of consciousness
Seth Lloyd Seth Lloyd works on complex systems; quantum computation, communication, error; quantum...
Raphael Bousso Raphael Bousso works in cosmology and quantum gravity/cosmology; black holes, holographic...
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