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Stephen Wolfram on a Fundamental Theory of Physics
- pmiller2 6y agoThere are a couple of much shorter videos that present a good introduction to this theory of Wolfram's: TED talk (20.5 minutes total): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60P7717-XOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60P7717-XOQ Or, start at 14:05 or so for his fundamental theory of physics: https://youtu.be/60P7717-XOQ?t=850 https://youtu.be/60P7717-XOQ?t=850 Here is a 43.25 minute interview with Wolfram centering on this theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPaBRjSrq2A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPaBRjSrq2A I've always thought Wolfram was a bit of a blowhard, but, this theory (our universe as computation) is actually interesting.
- ganafagol 6y agoFor completeness, some critisisms from the scientific community: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/physicists-criticize-stephen-wolframs-theory-of-everything/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/physicists-critic... https://gizmodo.com/the-trouble-with-stephen-wolfram-s-new-fundamental-theo-1842985419 https://gizmodo.com/the-trouble-with-stephen-wolfram-s-new-f...