Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. This is our second conversation on the podcast.
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OUTLINE: 00:00 - Introduction 07:14 - Key moments in history of physics 12:43 - Philosophy of science 14:37 - Science and computational reducibility 22:08 - Predicting the pandemic 38:58 - Sunburn moment with Wolfram Alpha 39:46 - Computational irreducibility 46:45 - Theory of everything 52:41 - General relativity 1:01:16 - Quantum mechanics 1:06:46 - Unifying the laws of physics 1:12:01 - Wolfram Physics Project 1:29:53 - Emergence of time 1:34:11 - Causal invariance 1:53:03 - Deriving physics from simple rules on hypergraphs 2:07:24 - Einstein equations 2:13:04 - Simulating the physics of the universe 2:17:28 - Hardware specs of the simulation 2:24:37 - Quantum mechanics in Wolfram physics model 2:42:46 - Double-slit experiment 2:45:13 - Quantum computers 2:53:21 - Getting started with Wolfram physics project 3:14:46 - The rules that created our universe 3:24:22 - Alien intelligences 3:32:29 - Meta-mathematics 3:37:58 - Why is math hard? 3:52:55 - Sabine Hossenfelder and how beauty leads physics astray 4:01:07 - Eric Weinstein and Geometric Unity 4:06:17 - Travel faster than speed of light 4:16:59 - Why does the universe exist at all https://lexfridman.com/stephen-wolfram-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stephen-wolfram-2
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