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Wolfram’s header image apart from the article is available in light and dark variants that can be pinch-zoomed more easily: http://www.wolframphysics.org/visua
by floatingatoll 7y ago
Wolfram’s header image apart from the article is available in light and dark variants that can be pinch-zoomed more easily:
http://www.wolframphysics.org/visual-summary/ http://www.wolframphysics.org/visual-summary/
Based on this image alone, having not yet read the article, it looks like he’s taken his prior insights on cellular automata (Conway’s Game type stuff) and advanced them forward to quarks and Feynman diagrams.
I typically have a very rough time with Wolfram’s writing but the image is, at least, simple enough to follow. “What are the rules for particle timeflows?” is certainly a question that’s interesting though my phrasing is probably terrible.
EDIT: Yup, it’s definitely quarks X cellular automata. Clearly an extension of previous Wolfram work, still just as enthusiastic / savior-ish as ever. I hope it pans out somehow in pragmatic real world outcomes someday. Bonus link to diagram showing a fate decision tree behaving like a Conway glider:
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2020/04/0409img126.png https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/data/uploads/2020/04/040...
- gunshai 7y agoWhat does that visual summary even communicate?
- steve76 7y agoOne thing makes two leads to one thing making another thing pushing back on one thing making another thing. Group them together. Allow groups to connect back to themselves. Run them in very high numbers. Try to find shortcuts. Relate shortcuts to real world.
- floatingatoll 7y ago“What if the causality that led to the universe can be modeled using a form of Conway’s Game of Life automata built on Feynman diagrams?” Note that I have no idea if Wolfram is right or not, but I’m glad I tried and failed to read New Kind of Science years ago. The mindset/approach were worth it and make it possible to follow along with today’s post.