This approach solves a number of problems. In particular, information has always been difficult to define. In conventional information theory, information and distinguishability are each defined in terms of the other, creating a kind of chicken and egg problem.
But in constructor theory, the nature of information is determined by the laws of physics alone. That neatly sidesteps the problem.
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