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Explore the five hard physical limits on computation and the energy price of intelligence — why every ASI forecast that ignores the thermodynamic floor is hand-waving.

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Verdict. The core thesis holds (P = 0.82); entanglement cannot signal, and that failure strengthens rather than weakens the argument.

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Verdict. The core thesis holds (P = 0.82); entanglement cannot signal, and that failure strengthens rather than weakens the argument.

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