Abstract
James E. Huchingson's Pandemonium Tremendum draws on a surprisingly fruitful analogy between metaphysics and thermodynamics, with the latter motivated through the more accessible language of communication theory. In Huchingson's model, God nurtures creation by the selective communication of bits of order that arise spontaneously in chaos.
Keywords
communication theory, finite, algorithmic information theory, thermodynamics, infinite, Maxwell's demon, James E. Huchingson
How to Cite
Kurtz, S., (2002) “A Computer Scientist's Perspective on Chaos and Mystery”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 37(2), 415–420. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/0591-2385.00436
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