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Algorithmic Theories of Everything — mentioned by chriswarbo

Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:31:27 GMT

One thing to keep in mind with ideas like the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis is their predictive power. Once a "theory of everything" describes what could have been as well as what is, you end up needing another theory to distinguish between the two [1]. For example, Champernowne's constant contains every number in its decimal expansion, and hence contains a complete description of our universe, all of the true laws of Physics and the outcome of every random quantum effect. However, it's not a very satisfactory "theory of everything", since it makes no predictions. (Note that I could have…

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