If we cannot answer the annoying question of why there is something rather than nothing, perhaps we can at least answer why there is only something rather than everything. Perhaps existence is the default.
So are they arbitrary abstract (deterministic or indeterministic) operators that can be fully or approximately implemented by a substrate?
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Never fully, but yes they are abstract specifications that can be met by physical reality if they're possible (and can't be met if they're impossible). Which sense of "operator" do you mean?
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An operator takes a state (one or several parameters) and returns a different one (often in-place), by implementing a computable function.
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