Readers of the Hitchhiker’s Guide are familiar with the concept of Earth being a giant super computer (sorry ’bout the spoiler).

But now the topper of all toppers have theorized that the whole universe is a quantum computer.

In Decoding Reality, Vedral argues that we should regard the entire universe as a gigantic quantum computer. Wacky as that may sound, it is backed up by hard science. The laws of physics show that it is not only possible for electrons to store and flip bits: it is mandatory. For more than a decade, quantum-information scientists have been working to determine just how the universe processes information at the most microscopic scale.

Via New Scientist

//The Dude