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== Overview ==

[[File:reverse.png|350px|thumb|right|A reversible cellular automata.]]

'''[[Computational Foundations]]''' refers to a scientific framework that views computation as a fundamental principle underlying natural and artificial systems. This paradigm builds upon concepts introduced in [[Stephen Wolfram]]'s "A New Kind of Science" and similar computational approaches to understanding complex phenomena. Unlike traditional mathematical frameworks, Computational Foundations suggests that many [[physical]], [[biological]], and [[social systems]] can be best understood as computational processes governed by simple rules that generate complex behaviors.

The framework has expanded significantly with [[Wolfram's Physics Project]], which proposes that the [[universe]] itself is fundamentally computational at its core, operating through simple rules applied to [[hypergraphs]] that can generate [[space]], [[time]], and [[fundamental physics]] <ref>Stephen Wolfram, "Finally We May Have a Path to the Fundamental Theory of Physics—and It’s Beautiful", [https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2020/04/finally-we-may-have-a-path-to-the-fundamental-theory-of-physics-and-its-beautiful/]</ref>.