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Chiara Marletto: Constructor Theory, Ghost Particles, and New Form of Science

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

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Extending Turing's Scheme to Universal Constructor

The insight is about extending Turing's scheme to include tasks beyond computations by introducing the concept of finitements. These finitements allow for performing tasks such as thermodynamic transformations, chemical reactions, and emulating life. The reason for this extension is the inability of Turing machines to self-replicate, leading to the idea of a universal constructor proposed by von Neumann.

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