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Universe Does Only Turing Computation Not Hypercomputation

A key prediction of the physics project is that what can be done in our universe is just computation achievable by a Turing machine and not hyper-computation; even if something infinitely more powerful than a Turing machine existed, it would be hidden behind a cosmological event horizon and could never be observed or interacted with.

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Speaker

Stephen Wolfram

Evidence Quote

the claim of these models is even if it exists, it will be hidden by behind a cosmological event horizon from us. We will never be able to observe it

Source

155 | Stephen Wolfram on Computation, Hypergraphs, and Fundamental PhysicsSean Carroll's Mindscape
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:30:55 AM

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