although I’m not sure if he claims that every ruliad must have observers
Of course yes, since there’s only one ruliad by definition, and we’re observers living inside it.
In Wolfram terms I think the question would more be like : “does every slice in rulial space (or every rulial reference frame) has an observer ?”
Possibly of interest : https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/12/observer-theory/
One part that I don’t see as sufficiently emphasized is the “as a time-persistent pattern” part. It seems to me that that part is bringing with it a lot of constraints on what partition languages yield time-persistent patterns.
Of course yes, since there’s only one ruliad by definition, and we’re observers living inside it.
In Wolfram terms I think the question would more be like : “does every slice in rulial space (or every rulial reference frame) has an observer ?”
Possibly of interest : https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/12/observer-theory/
One part that I don’t see as sufficiently emphasized is the “as a time-persistent pattern” part. It seems to me that that part is bringing with it a lot of constraints on what partition languages yield time-persistent patterns.