Peter writes: > And the basic idea that the universe is computable goes back to Leibnitz.< As I don't understand what it means for the universe to be 'computable' I cannot really say if the idea goes back to Leibniz or not, but I'd be interested to learn where Leibniz might have said something that provides grounds for this notion. Robert Paul Reed College ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html