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Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #124

Lex Fridman · 500.8K views · 2020-09-15 · 4:23:39

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Overview

A roughly four-and-a-half-hour Lex Fridman podcast conversation with Stephen Wolfram about his Wolfram Physics Project and a fundamental theory of physics, computation, life and the universe.

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HN points to it as a detailed explanation of Wolfram's physics hypothesis, and for Wolfram's evident passion, though some find it long.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2021–2023

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block_dagger · 2023-10 · Recommendation

Wolfram is always fascinating on Lex even if he goes on a bit too long (it’s Wolfram after all). He talks ruliads in his second appearance: [VIDEO]

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Pilottwave · 2022-04 · Recommendation

Lots of comments about his "arrogance" but i just see someone passionate, judge for yourself! He has three long interviews on Lex Fridmans youtube channel! I greatly enjoyed watching those those. 1:[Stephen Wolfram: Cellular Automata, Computation, and Physics]( [LINK] ) 2:[Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe]( [VIDEO] ) 3: [Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality ]( [LINK] )

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meowface · 2021-05 · Reference

Although I'm skeptical of the correctness of Wolfram's grand new theory/hypothesis of everything, there are many intuitively appealing aspects of it, and I wouldn't be surprised if some aspects of the theory may help find or understand future discoveries. (Though maybe not; I'm definitely not an expert.) Here's a detailed explanation of the hypothesis in a Lex Fridman podcast episode: [VIDEO]

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