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#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality

#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality

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Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order

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Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and
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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:50) – What is complexity

(20:51) – Randomness in the universe

(25:12) – The Wolfram Physics Project

(37:14) – Space and time are discrete

(49:19) – Quantum mechanics and hypergraphs

(58:33) – What is intelligence

(1:09:16) – Computational equivalence

(1:17:36) – What it is like to be a cellular automata

(1:32:00) – Making prediction vs explanations

(1:45:20) – Why does the universe exist

(1:51:01) – The universe and rulial space

(1:59:44) – Does an atom have consciousness

(2:10:10) – Why does our universe exist

(2:18:41) – What is outside the ruliad

(2:29:15) – Automated proof systems

(2:45:10) – Multicomputation for biology

(3:03:41) – Cardano NFT collaboration with Wolfram Alpha

(3:10:41) – Global theory of economics