#124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe
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About this episode
<p>Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. This is our second conversation on the podcast.</p>
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<p>Here’s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.</p>
<p>OUTLINE:<br />
00:00 – Introduction<br />
07:14 – Key moments in history of physics<br />
12:43 – Philosophy of science<br />
14:37 – Science and computational reducibility<br />
22:08 – Predicting the pandemic<br />
38:58 – Sunburn moment with Wolfram Alpha<br />
39:46 – Computational irreducibility<br />
46:45 – Theory of everything<br />
52:41 – General relativity<br />
1:01:16 – Quantum mechanics<br />
1:06:46 – Unifying the laws of physics<br />
1:12:01 – Wolfram Physics Project<br />
1:29:53 – Emergence of time<br />
1:34:11 – Causal invariance<br />
1:53:03 – Deriving physics from simple rules on hypergraphs<br />
2:07:24 – Einstein equations<br />
2:13:04 – Simulating the physics of the universe<br />
2:17:28 – Hardware specs of the simulation<br />
2:24:37 – Quantum mechanics in Wolfram physics model<br />
2:42:46 – Double-slit experiment<br />
2:45:13 – Quantum computers<br />
2:53:21 – Getting started with Wolfram physics project<br />
3:14:46 – The rules that created our universe<br />
3:24:22 – Alien intelligences<br />
3:32:29 – Meta-mathematics<br />
3:37:58 – Why is math hard?<br />
3:52:55 – Sabine Hossenfelder and how beauty leads physics astray<br />
4:01:07 – Eric Weinstein and Geometric Unity<br />
4:06:17 – Travel faster than speed of light<br />
4:16:59 – Why does the universe exist at all</p>