Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

But, first and foremost, the story of the Second Law is the story of a great intellectual achievement of the mid-19th century. But in other ways it’s also a cautionary tale, of how the forces of “conventional wisdom” can blind people to unanswered questions and—over a surprisingly long time—inhibit the development of new ideas.

Energy 88

Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics 88

Stephen Wolfram

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In other words, we’re concerned more with what computational results are obtained, with what computational resources, rather than on the details of the program constructed to achieve this. And we can trace the argument for this to the Principle of Computational Equivalence. A very important claim about the ruliad is that it’s unique.

Physics 122

Physics Mathematics Computer Construction 122

Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In early 1984 I visited MIT to use the machine to try to do what amounted to natural science, systematically studying 2D cellular automata. I think Yves Pomeau already had a theoretical argument for this, but as far as I was concerned, it was (at least at first) just a “next thing to try”.

Physics 95

Physics Computer Mathematics Science 95

Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 7, 2022

And in what follows we’ll see the great power that arises from using this to combine the achievements and intuitions of physics and mathematics—and how this lets us think about new “general laws of mathematics”, and view the ultimate foundations of mathematics in a different light. and zero arguments: α[ ]. &#10005.

Mathematics 120

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