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Physicists Rewrite the Fundamental Law That Leads to Disorder

The Quanta Podcast

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Constructor Theory Is Not Reversible

A machine for building a house might not be capable of dismantling it. This makes the operation of the constructor different from the movement of the bricks, which are reversible. For most complex tasks, a constructor is geared to a given environment. It requires some specific information from the environment relevant to completing that task. But the reversed task will begin with a different environment, so the same constructor won't necessarily work.

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