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user-inactivated  ·  3144 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Big Could Living Things Be?

    Also, his bit about computation theory and sentience suggests that he may, in fact, have no idea what he's talking about.

I think he's probably talking about Carver Mead and the work he inspired, and he's just using the wrong term because the theory of computation is a much more narrow field than theoretical physics. I don't think he really understands what he's talking about either, but a charitable reading says he didn't just pull it out of the air.