# Stephen Wolfram - Observer Theory (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://content.wolfram.com/sites/43/2023/12/ObserverTheory-03.png) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/35437059) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Stephen Wolfram]] **Full Title**:: Observer Theory **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [writings.stephenwolfram.com](https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/12/observer-theory/) **Host**:: [[writings.stephenwolfram.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-12-15]] **Created**:: [[2023-12-16]] ## Highlights - There’s in a sense a certain [duality between computation and observation](https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.04690). In computation one’s generating new states of a system. In observation, one’s equivalencing together different states. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hhp6cjdce4dgwqy5ksknbwmq)) ^642051857