ED Surge
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Though some argue that mathematics is culturally independent, I can say from experience that it is anything but. Culture embodies our deepest collective social norms and beliefs, and provides the reference points for future learning. The brain makes sense of the world, and mathematics, through culture.
Stephen Wolfram
MARCH 15, 2023
For about three centuries it seemed as if mathematical equations were the ultimate way to describe the natural world—but in the past few decades , and particularly poignantly with our recent Physics Project , it’s become clear that simple programs are in general a more powerful approach.)
Stephen Wolfram
MAY 13, 2022
What about systems that adapt or learn? What about the foundations of mathematics? But that email was right before I discovered yet more kinds of computational systems to explore, and before I’d understood applications to biology, and physics, and mathematics, and so on. What about systems based on constraints? ✕.
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