Fallible Animals Episode 4: Intro to Constructor Theory
We motivate and introduce Constructor Theory, humanity's first Theory of Everything (or so I claim). We explain what the founder of Constructor Theory, David Deutsch, calls the prevailing conception, and why it is inadequate in capturing and explaining many phenomena in nature, such as evolution by natural selection, the growth of knowledge, and various principles that we hold to be true. We briefly discuss why Constructor Theory allows for a wider range of phenomena than does the prevailing conception. Foundational Paper on Constructor Theory (preprint) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1210.7439.pdf Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Articles - www.loganchipkin.com