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Stephen Wolfram — Constructing the Computational Paradigm

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Phenomenon of Simple Rules Generating Complex Behavior

This chapter discusses the idea that even though computational rules may be simple, the behaviors that they produce can be highly complex. It explores the phenomenon of simple rules generating complicated behavior, and how this challenges the notion of easy predictions in science. They introduce the concept of computational irreducibility, which states that it is not always possible to predict the outcome of a computation without explicitly following each step.

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