From: Mike Clark
Location: Olympia, WA
Date: 10/18/2009
A long time ago after I first read Forge of God and Anvil of Stars, I wondered about the physics involved in the story (the "privileged band" being an operative term). I wrote asking about where this had come from, and whether it was something invented by you or someone else, and you responded that an actual physicist, though an obscure one, had come up with something that inspired you on the subject.
I have long since lost that correspondance (hard disk crash!), and have reason to try to dig up the name of the physicist. Do you still have the information so that you could re-enlighten me?
Thanks!
From: Greg Bear
Date: 11/05/2009
Actually, a number of physicists and other thinkers have tinkered with similar theories. The most famous is likely John A. Wheeler, with his "its from bits" approach. David Deutsch has worked with computational physics, and Ed Fredkin is a pioneer in this area. There may be others!
From: Al Brady
Location: Sydney
Date: 11/05/2009
Instead of flying from A to B about Id use noach to edit things so Id been where I wanted go the whole time. That would save a lot of walks to get smokes.
From: Greg Bear
Date: 11/12/2009
Yes, but would other folks use noach to edit us?
From: Al Brady
Location: Cambridge
Date: 01/05/2010
Hmm, so you'd end up with a constantly rewritten moment of time perhaps? I need to think that through.
From: Greg Bear
Date: 01/06/2010
Whirlpool space, maybe.
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