[ExI] Von Neumann Probes

[John Clark]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 8:42 AM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:


>> *>>  Bremermann’s Limit tells you how many bits per second a given
>> mass of matter can process information before it collapses into
>> a Black Hole. The formula is:*C^2/h = 1.35*10^50 bits per second per
>> kilogram.
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> *> I don't see what Bremmermann's limit has to do with black holes. *


*You can't go faster than the speed of light, so if you want your microchip
to process a bit of information faster then you're going to need to make
the parts of the chip closer together. And you're going to need to make the
wavelength of the light that you use for communication between the parts of
the chip smaller. And the smaller the wavelength that light is the more
energy it has. And E=MC^2. If you keep trying to make the chip go faster
then eventually the distance becomes so small and the energy becomes so
large that a Black Hole forms.  *

*John K Clark*





>> *>> If you try to go beyond Bremermann's Limit the energy/mass density
>>>> would become so high that your computer would collapse into a Black Hole,
>>>> and then information could go in but it couldn't get out so the machine
>>>> wouldn't be of much use. *
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