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This is insightful. 15 bytes is not a lot. I wonder what are other narural limits on information density? For example, magnetic field. Is there a least measurable difference?


The limit on information density is called the Bekenstein Bound, the point after which adding more information to the volume would create a black hole.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bekenstein_bound




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