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FQXi FORUM: FQXi Essay Contest - Is Reality Digital or Analog?
May 21, 2013
Here you can read and discuss entries in FQXi's 2011 essay contest. Please remember that the intention of this contest and forum is to provide a meaningful, open, and respectful discussion of the ideas brought forth. Commentary that is unconstructive, insulting, or excessively distracting from the core essay contest goals will be removed. As always, the opinions expressed in the essays and the forums do not necessarily reflect those held by FQXi. That said, feel free to join the discussion!
The Janus of Mathematics by Burton J Smith 37 posts • created by Burton J Smith
• Feb. 18, 2011 @ 14:29 GMT Community Rating: 3.4 (17 ratings) Public Rating: 5.7 (6 ratings)
Quantum Graphenity by Tobias Fritz 71 posts • created by Tobias Fritz
• Feb. 18, 2011 @ 09:46 GMT Community Rating: 5.0 (22 ratings) Public Rating: 4.9 (9 ratings)
Hacking Reality Code by Raymond Aschheim 26 posts • created by Ray ASCHHEIM
• Feb. 16, 2011 @ 14:13 GMT Community Rating: 4.0 (24 ratings) Public Rating: 5.3 (4 ratings)
It, Bit, and Us by Dean Rickles 68 posts • created by Dean Rickles
• Feb. 15, 2011 @ 20:42 GMT Community Rating: 5.0 (32 ratings) Public Rating: 3.9 (20 ratings)
Bit from It by Julian Barbour 65 posts • created by Julian Barbour
• Feb. 15, 2011 @ 12:44 GMT Community Rating: 5.1 (32 ratings) Public Rating: 5.0 (27 ratings)
A Modest Proposal by Jessica Victoria Bloom 17 posts • created by Jessica Victoria Bloom
• Feb. 15, 2011 @ 12:12 GMT Community Rating: 4.0 (23 ratings) Public Rating: 4.4 (7 ratings)
Not A Pipe by Jeffrey Michael Schmitz 15 posts • created by Jeffrey Michael Schmitz
• Feb. 15, 2011 @ 10:45 GMT Community Rating: 2.8 (13 ratings) Public Rating: 4.3 (3 ratings)
Lenny, Me, and Entropy by Ken Matusow 6 posts • created by Ken Matusow
• Feb. 15, 2011 @ 10:24 GMT Community Rating: 3.3 (12 ratings) Public Rating: 4.0 (4 ratings)
Physics and the Integers by David Tong 52 posts • created by David Tong
• Feb. 15, 2011 @ 10:19 GMT Community Rating: 4.8 (28 ratings) Public Rating: 4.6 (9 ratings)
The Lost Treasure by Marcel-Marie LeBel 18 posts • created by Marcel-Marie LeBel
• Feb. 14, 2011 @ 15:07 GMT Community Rating: 3.3 (13 ratings) Public Rating: 5.5 (4 ratings)
Reality by Michael Christian 19 posts • created by Michael Christian
• Feb. 14, 2011 @ 12:54 GMT Community Rating: 1.9 (12 ratings) Public Rating: 6.0 (7 ratings)
To Be Or Not To Be by Stephen Anthony Lenane 5 posts • created by Stephen Anthony Lenane
• Feb. 14, 2011 @ 12:35 GMT Community Rating: 1.6 (9 ratings) Public Rating: 2.3 (3 ratings)
Making Waves by Don Limuti 22 posts • created by Don Limuti
• Feb. 9, 2011 @ 09:58 GMT Community Rating: 2.4 (9 ratings) Public Rating: 6.6 (11 ratings)
The Chip in the Brain by Michael Thomas Deans 11 posts • created by Michael Thomas Deans
• Feb. 8, 2011 @ 11:14 GMT Community Rating: 3.1 (12 ratings) Public Rating: 6.6 (12 ratings)
Our Analog Universe by James A Putnam 41 posts • created by James A Putnam
• Feb. 7, 2011 @ 12:03 GMT Community Rating: 3.3 (16 ratings) Public Rating: 3.0 (2 ratings)
Ghostly Dimensions by Niklaus Buehlmann 16 posts • created by Niklaus Buehlmann
• Feb. 4, 2011 @ 16:03 GMT Community Rating: 2.8 (12 ratings) Public Rating: 3.0 (2 ratings)
Structure and Force by Patricio Valdes-Marin 4 posts • created by Patricio Valdes-Marin
• Jan. 28, 2011 @ 12:52 GMT Community Rating: 2.5 (11 ratings) Public Rating: 3.0 (2 ratings)
The Cosmic Code by Gene T. Yerger 10 posts • created by Gene T. Yerger
• Jan. 27, 2011 @ 11:02 GMT Community Rating: 3.3 (13 ratings) Public Rating: 5.0 (3 ratings)
Nature's Software by Daniel Canarutto 7 posts • created by Daniel Canarutto
• Jan. 25, 2011 @ 12:57 GMT Community Rating: 3.6 (18 ratings) Public Rating: 5.0 (5 ratings)
Photon Theory by Jason Mark Wolfe 111 posts • created by Jason Mark Wolfe
• Jan. 24, 2011 @ 15:55 GMT Community Rating: 4.3 (20 ratings) Public Rating: 5.4 (7 ratings)
Has the Time Come ...? by Ioannis Hadjidakis 52 posts • created by ioannis hadjidakis
• Jan. 3, 2011 @ 15:57 GMT Community Rating: 3.4 (15 ratings) Public Rating: 6.5 (8 ratings)
Theory of Everything by Sridattadev Kancharla 90 posts • created by sridattadev kancharla
• Dec. 23, 2010 @ 15:57 GMT Community Rating: 2.2 (13 ratings) Public Rating: 4.6 (10 ratings)
One Possible Unifing Theory by Bashir Yusuf 16 posts • created by Bashir Yusuf
• Dec. 17, 2010 @ 14:47 GMT Community Rating: 2.3 (7 ratings) Public Rating: 5.9 (11 ratings)
Reality Identification by Joe Fisher 6 posts • created by Joe Fisher
• Dec. 17, 2010 @ 14:47 GMT Community Rating: 2.6 (10 ratings) Public Rating: 3.0 (3 ratings)
Biology Goes Digital by Karl Coryat 45 posts • created by Karl H Coryat
• Dec. 17, 2010 @ 14:47 GMT Community Rating: 4.1 (15 ratings) Public Rating: 6.5 (11 ratings)
The Universe and Photons by Emmanuel Moulay 109 posts • created by Emmanuel Moulay
• Dec. 17, 2010 @ 14:46 GMT Community Rating: 3.7 (16 ratings) Public Rating: 6.1 (12 ratings)