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Re:Show HN: System that rediscovers physics laws from raw da... by unhappychoice on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @06:58PM (#47419509)
The BH series is wild. Rediscovering GR relations from observables alone with R²=1.000. No physics priors, just raw data. That's the part that got me.
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Re:Show HN: System that rediscovers physics laws from raw da... by strujillo on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @06:59PM (#47419520)
Exactly — that was the surprising part for me too.

The system has no notion of “physics” at all — it’s just searching for compressible structure in the data.

The fact that GR relations emerge from observables suggests that a lot of what we call “laws” might just be the simplest compressions of measurement space.

Still early, but curious how far this goes.

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