The Last Theory
autor: Mark Jeffery
Nejnovější epizoda
The search for solid ground with Stephen Wolfram
The search for solid ground with Stephen Wolfram
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The Last Theory is an easy-to-follow exploration of what might be the last theory of physics. In 2020, Stephen Wolfram launched the Wolfram Physics Project to find the elusive fundamental theory that explains everything. On The Last Theory podcast, I investigate the implications of Wolfram's ideas and dig into the details of how his universe works. Join me for fresh insights into Wolfram Physics every other week.
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- The search for solid ground with Stephen Wolfram · 9 min · Epizoda 86Stephen Wolfram talks about how he knows what he knows, the interplay between theory and experiment, and the importance of building towers of knowledge on solid ground. — Stephen…
- Stop using quantum mechanics to science-wash your delusions · 9 min · Epizoda 85I am tired of hearing quantum mechanics invoked in support of nonsense. You know the kind of thing. Quantum mechanics therefore crystal healing. Quantum mechanics therefore…
- There are no rules in science · 20 min · Epizoda 84I’m forever hearing that there are rules in science. If a theory breaks the rules, I’m told, it must be rejected. Trouble is, if, in the past, we’d rejected any theory that…
- Stephen Wolfram's 10 ways to have big ideas · 12 min · Epizoda 83Stephen Wolfram is an extraordinary thinker. He doesn’t seem to think like other scientists. He doesn’t seem to think like other technologists. And he certainly doesn’t think…
- Why are we in the universe we're in? · 17 min · Epizoda 82If physics is computational, then what gets computed when? This is a surprisingly deep question. The seemingly even computation of the universe gives us a clue, not just to the…
- Wolfram on philosophy · 7 min · Epizoda 81Stephen Wolfram has many philosophical ideas, but I’ve not heard him talk about pure philosophy. When I asked him about the relationship between physics and philosophy, I…
- How different observers think differently with Stephen Wolfram · 10 min · Epizoda 80Do different observers think differently? Or does the principle of computational equivalence mean that all observers think the same way? Stephen Wolfram takes this question and…
- What is time in Wolfram Physics? · 18 min · Epizoda 79Physics, the way we’ve thought about it for the last few hundred years, requires us to make assumptions about time. In our old way of thinking, just as we must assume three axes…
- Think like an alien with Stephen Wolfram · 9 min · Epizoda 78Different observers, from different regions of the ruliad, experience the universe in different ways. To what extent can these different observers communicate their different…
- Ruliad + observer = physics ... also aliens · 13 min · Epizoda 77The ruliad is every possible computation. What could you possibly say about such an enormous, all-encompassing object? Well, that’s where we come in. Particular observers sample…
- How to simplify the causal graph · 36 min · Epizoda 76The hypergraphs generated by Wolfram Physics are complex and chaotic. The multiway graphs that trace every possible evolution of these hypergraphs become extremely complex and…
- Where's Mark? · 1 min · Epizoda 75It’s been a while since my last episode of The Last Theory or Open Web Mind. Where am I? It might look like I’m lazing in the sun, but actually I’ve been working hard. For The…
- Black holes in the hypergraph with Stephen Wolfram · 22 min · Epizoda 74Electrons may be tiny black holes propagating through the hypergraph. After all, electrons and black holes have much in common: they’re carriers of pure motion, they’re all the…
- The causal graph is objective reality · 13 min · Epizoda 73The multiway graph shows every possible evolution of the universe. So, if we can compute every possible reality, does that mean that there’s no single objective reality? Well…
- Stephen Wolfram on AI, human-like minds & formal knowledge · 18 min · Epizoda 72In this fascinating exposition, Stephen Wolfram connects two of the most important breakthroughs of our time: AI and the ruliad. I ask Stephen how he thinks about knowledge…
- Multiway minds with Stephen Wolfram · 6 min · Epizoda 71Can you hold in your mind two different threads of experience? In this five-minute excerpt from my conversation with Stephen Wolfram, he introduces the strange idea of a multiway…
- Do fields exist? · 18 min · Epizoda 70Fields don’t exist. I mean, a field with grass in it, that kind of field does exist. But a field in physics? A gravitational field? An electric field? A magnetic field? A quantum…
- Aggregation – how the Wolfram model weaves the future – with Stephen Wolfram · 9 min · Epizoda 69In the previous excerpt from my conversation with Stephen Wolfram, I asked him how I can remain a single, coherent, persistent consciousness in a branching universe. In this…
- When the universe branches, what happens to me? with Stephen Wolfram · 13 min · Epizoda 68When the universe branches, we branch with it. Those branches don’t remain forever apart. They come back together. So we, as conscious observers, are rescued from splitting into…
- What is the causal graph in Wolfram Physics? · 16 min · Epizoda 67The causal graph is at the core of Wolfram Physics. It’s crucial to the derivations of Special Relativity, General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. And if that’s not enough to…
