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Constructor Theory of Thermodynamics — mentioned by boole1854

Thu, 26 May 2022 16:01:42 GMT

The key papers are as follows: This paper introduced constructor theory: Deutsch, D. Constructor theory. Synthese 190, 4331–4359 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-013-0279-z (Download preprint version: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.7439) Then this paper applied constructor theory to form a constructor theory of information: Deutsch David and Marletto Chiara 2015 Constructor theory of information Proc. R. Soc. A.4712014054020140540 (Download: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2014.054...) Then this paper applied the constructor theory of information to probability: Marletto…

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Constructor Theory of Thermodynamics — mentioned by foxes

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 09:29:37 GMT

I still have absolutely zero idea on what is supposed to be new about this. Last time I read any of it, it seemed like they needed to go read some modern maths books because their ideas didn't really seem new. The papers just read like a poor approximation of something. I want some precise statements. Yeah re framing existing problems in a new language can be useful, but it doesn't even feel like it can do that yet. The next question is why does it need a fancy website? If its that groundbreaking why has no one else said anything else about it since ~2016, which is when some of the papers on…

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