#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(07:50) – What is complexity<br />
(20:51) – Randomness in the universe<br />
(25:12) – The Wolfram Physics Project<br />
(37:14) – Space and time are discrete<br />
(49:19) – Quantum mechanics and hypergraphs<br />
(58:33) – What is intelligence<br />
(1:09:16) – Computational equivalence<br />
(1:17:36) – What it is like to be a cellular automata<br />
(1:32:00) – Making prediction vs explanations<br />
(1:45:20) – Why does the universe exist<br />
(1:51:01) – The universe and rulial space<br />
(1:59:44) – Does an atom have consciousness<br />
(2:10:10) – Why does our universe exist<br />
(2:18:41) – What is outside the ruliad<br />
(2:29:15) – Automated proof systems<br />
(2:45:10) – Multicomputation for biology<br />
(3:03:41) – Cardano NFT collaboration with Wolfram Alpha<br />
(3:10:41) – Global theory of economics</p>