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IMHO, a better title would be "Probabilistic Theories Of Everything"

Contrast with the recent work from David Deutsch, which eliminates all probabilities from physics.

Intro to Constructor Theory: https://youtu.be/wfzSE4Hoxbc

this is basically just what happens in any deterministic hidden variable theory

Yeah, the aliens who are simulating us could be using a 64 bit prng at the quantum level and we would still never know the difference, because our measurement technology isn't there. The universe would be deterministic but it's unlikely that we'd ever be able to prove it, unless they left breadcrumbs intentionally.

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