From Sean Williams
I was very excited to read Justin Mullins’s article on the possibility that the Universe is a quantum computer programmed to create living things (1 June, p 15). This idea appears in the opening chapter of Echoes of Earth, a novel I co-wrote with Shane Dix published by Ace Books in the US in January.
I look forward to reading in due course about the second half of the idea: that quantum computations cease once an intelligent observer evolves, leaving a prevalence of pre-conscious life forms in the Universe and us, wondering where everyone else went.
Adelaide, South Australia
