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Well, it's fine that they are in the early stages, but Wolfram went ahead with a press bonanza to announce that he had solved physics without the corresponding
by jordanpg 6y ago
Well, it's fine that they are in the early stages, but Wolfram went ahead with a press bonanza to announce that he had solved physics without the corresponding predictions that would demonstrate it.
That's why it's important to point out that it's not falsifiable and has no explanatory power at the moment. What he's doing is bad for science and does real harm, eroding the public understanding of how science actually works in favor of flashy headlines.
- danpalmer 6y ago> Wolfram went ahead with a press bonanza to announce that he had solved physics If you read/listen/watch the announcements (which I'll agree are a bit over the top), the position is very clear that they have "found" a new avenue of research that they believe has the possibility to bear fruit. They are clear that it _could_ form the basis for a "theory of everything", once much more research has been done. They are optimistic in how they talk about it, and many may disagree with that, but they are not claiming they have "solved physics".