Why do we live in a quantum world?
Anybody who has ever studied quantum mechanics knows that it is a very counterintuitive theory, even though it has been an incredibly successful theory. This paper aims to remove this counter intuitiveness by showing that the laws of quantum mechanics are a natural consequence of classical
Newtonian mechanics combined with the digital universe hypothesis of Konrad Zuse and Edward Fredkin. We also present a possible way to test the digital universe hypothesis.
Keywords: Digital Universe; Edward Fredkin; Extended Church-Turing Thesis; Konrad Zuse; Newtonian Mechanics; Quantum Computing; Quantum Mechanics
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 22 March 2017
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