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Re:Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality – L... by technocratius on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @12:51AM (#29009670)
I like how Stephen Wolfram introduces somewhat new perspectives to looking at physics, but I'm unaware of any efforts from him trying either to (a) show/prove mathematically that current theories (be it Newtonian, qm, gr) are mere emergent properties from his hypergraph cellular automaton universe and/or (b) relate any sort of experimental data to this hypothesis that goes beyond the qualitative description he gives in these talks.
Re:Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality – L... by iab on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @10:02PM (#29008786)
I enjoy Lex, although I have been listening less over time. However, the Wolfram/fridman combination makes me envy the deaf.
Re:Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality – L... by mikeyjk on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:50AM (#29035593)
I felt like Lex just took him on faith for so many points. This was a hard listen to me. Some really interesting points were raised but I didn't feel like there was much fleshing out of how certain the conclusion was not exactly how any of the conclusions were reached. Maybe I'm just not intelligent enough.
Re:Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality – L... by burglekutt on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @11:14PM (#29009180)
How come?