The Hard Fact Is That

Now, Being A Science Fiction Writer, When I See A Natural Principle, I Wonder If It Could Fail.

I Like A Book Better If I Can't Predict What's Going To Happen.

A Computation Is A Process That Obeys Finitely Describable Rules.

It's Tedious To Watch Something Very Obvious Being Worked Out, Like A Movie That's Not Particularly Good And After About Half An Hour You Know How It's Going To End.

If We Suppose That Many Natural Phenomena Are In Effect Computations, The Study Of Computer Science Can Tell Us About The Kinds Of Natural Phenomena That Can Occur.