In search of the golden rule: a comparison of two theories of everything
A comparison of David Deutsch and Chiara Marletto’s constructor theory and Stephen Wolfram’s ruliad
I am grateful to Theophilus Human for his insights throughout the process of writing this article.
Table of Contents
· Introduction
· Modeling the universe
∘ The art of modeling
· Wolfram: the ruliad
∘ Motivation: emergence, complexity from simplicity
∘ The golden rule
∘ The spaces of the ruliad
∘ 1. Spacetime: graphing the trajectory of our universe
∘ 2. Branchial space: branching, merging, and entanglement
∘ 3. Rulial space: the heart of the ruliad
∘ Putting it all together: the three spaces
∘ Summary
· Deutsch and Marletto: constructor theory
∘ The problem with prevailing theories
∘ Key definitions
∘ Yet again, the mystery of emergence
∘ The explanatory power of constructor theory
∘ A worked example: the emergence of life
∘ Summary
· Similarities, differences, and the potential for unification
∘ Which model is better?
∘ Key differences
∘ Meta-unification?
· About the author
· Sources and further reading
∘ The ruliad
∘ Constructor theory
∘ Other