[extropy-chat] [COSMO-ASTRO] Weighing the Universe

[Brent Neal]

 (4/25/05 7:37) Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:

>If the computing medium has velocity, it has mass, even if it has no
>mass in a rest state. The act of computation would require the movement
>of energy, or matter, or information, or a combination of any of the
>three, ergo it has velocity and therefore mass.


Incorrect. You mean, if it has momentum, it has mass. Lots of things with no mass have velocity. Like rumors, for instance. ;)

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