Rickles, Dean and Elshatlawy, Hatem and Arsiwalla, Xerxes (2023) Ruliology: Linking Computation, Observers and Physical Law. [Preprint]
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Stephen Wolfram has recently outlined an unorthodox, multi- computational approach to fundamental theory, encompassing not only physics but also mathematics in a structure he calls “The Ruliad,” understood to be the entangled limit of all possible computations. In this framework, physical laws arise from the the sampling of the Ruliad by observers (including us). This naturally leads to several con- ceptual issues, such as what kind of object is the Ruliad? What is the nature of the observers carrying out the sampling, and how do they relate to the Ruliad itself? What is the precise nature of the sampling? This paper provides a philosophical examination of these questions, and other related foundational issues, including the iden- tification of a limitation that must face any attempt to describe or model reality in such a way that the modeller-observers are included.
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