If nature is a quantum computer, it wastes alot of energy generating functions that serve no purpose for human consciousness e.g a wave in the middle of an ocean that no one sees 🌊 . Human ingenuity is channeling that ‘wasted’ energy towards computational engineering.

Thoughts inspired by Max.Tegmark on ‘The Lex Fridman’ podcast, episode 1 titled “Life 3.0”
dated 27th August 2018