Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa

Questions include: In eight hundred years, what will people call the methodology of NKS? - I always felt Ptolemy's system was a necessary step before Copernicus and Newton. Without that slightly dodgy pseudo-scientific reasoning, Copernicus and Newton wouldn't have "fixed" and refined it. - Newton invented calculus and his three laws. Do you consider the new Physics Project developing a new tool like calculus, or are you inventing new laws? - Why was gravitoelectromagnetism ignored for so long? - I disagree with Wolfram. I think there is no "end" to how infinitesimal the universe gets. There's always more—the discoveries will never end. - I understand a great deal of human history was lost in ancient Alexandria. Of the early mathematics, are there texts that reference concepts that are lost to us? - Is ruliology a "young person's game," an "old person's game" or something else? - What traits do you think will be most important for great ruliologists? (Ruliologers? Rulioligizers? Rulioligraphers?)

History of Science & Technology Q&A (February 23, 2022)