Comment on Did any processor implement an integer square root instruction?parentComments−gameshot9112yThat's actually a really fascinating science fiction idea!−com2kid2yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrioshka_brain:-DIt's a topic that has been explored quite a bit in science fiction literature.−willcipriano2yIt's sort of the plot of the Douglas Adam's books.https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Earth−karmakaze2yRelated to the fallacy of comparing what's slow in our world with what's computable in a simulation of it--there's no requirement for time to tick similarly.
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That's actually a really fascinating science fiction idea!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrioshka_brain
:-D
It's a topic that has been explored quite a bit in science fiction literature.
It's sort of the plot of the Douglas Adam's books.
https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Earth
Related to the fallacy of comparing what's slow in our world with what's computable in a simulation of it--there's no requirement for time to tick similarly.