Physicists Should Be Trying to Understand Them

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There are an interesting phenomenon that's happening because it's producing a number of things that have characteristic properties like resiliency. And I think physics has to come up with a theory about these things. Why is it some type of brains which are actually designed almost in the same way as apes brains can come up with far more creative thoughts? So why is it that how come all of these differences clearly cannot be the hardware because the brains are quite similar? So what is the additional thing?"

I interview Oxford physicist Chiara Marletto, who has been working on constructor theory for several years. She's published papers on its applications to various fields, including those of information, thermodynamics, life, and probability. We discuss the origins and motivations of constructor theory, problems the theory may solve, current research programs, the universal constructor, response to potential criticisms, why constructor theory can explain more of Reality than the prevailing conception, and more.

Constructor Theory Homepage - www.constructortheory.org

Constructor Theory of Thermodynamics - http://constructortheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Thd-ArXiv-2.pdf

Constructor Theory of Probability - http://constructortheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20150883.full_.pdf

Constructor Theory of Life - http://constructortheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ct-life.pdf

Constructor Theory of Information - http://constructortheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ct-info.pdf

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