the cellular automata per se are not the problem; there is definitely a field of physics studying the properties of CA systems and whether they can be used to d

the cellular automata per se are not the problem; there is definitely a field of physics studying the properties of CA systems and whether they can be used to derive physical laws. the problem is that wolfram is trying to develop some grand theory of everything by himself in the form of a stone tablet brought down from a mountain, rather than running his ideas by other scientists for peer review and pushback, which is how you get cranks.