*Can probability emerge from a universe whose laws describe only what is possible and impossible?* Chiara Marletto explains how Constructor Theory replaces probabilistic rules with statements about what transformations can and cannot occur—and how the Born rule of quantum mechanics may emerge from deeper, non-probabilistic principles rather than being fundamental.
0:00 Constructor Theory Explained
1:23 How Probability Emerges from Non-Probabilistic Constraints
3:03 Deriving the Born Rule Without Probability
5:24 Why Probability Needs a Deeper Explanation
6:35 David Deutsch, David Wallace, and the Information-Theoretic Approach
*Chiara Marletto* is a Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. She holds degrees from the universities of Oxford and Turin. Her main research focus is in theoretical physics, and she also pursues interests in theoretical biology, epistemology, and Italian literature. The Science of Can and Can’t was her first trade book.
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