[ketzu]

> Yes, if an atom was compressible to a bit

Isn't it when an atom is compressible to a kilobyte? If a kilobyte were the data, not the alphabet, it would only contain... 8096 atoms.

[barakm]

Right idea on why it’s wrong, but it’s even worse than that! The kilobyte, say all 0s, represents the state of an entire multiverse.

As my comment below, it’s maybe a couple dozen atoms, in perfect conditions (the conditions are again absurd) so this is some definite jiggery-pokery and let’s focus on what they got right? (Ie, how many states a kilobyte can take)