Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal Stephen Wolfram on Crypto, Aliens, Blackholes, Infinity, Consciousness, and his Theory of Everything
Jun 8, 2021
Stephen Wolfram, a pioneering computer scientist and the founder of Wolfram Research, shares his captivating insights on topics ranging from alien communication to his groundbreaking Theory of Everything. He explains the complexities of causal graphs and their significance in physics, while questioning human perceptions of intelligence and consciousness. Wolfram also humorously addresses cryptocurrency's future, linking it to fundamental principles of computation. Get ready for a thought-provoking journey through the intersections of science, philosophy, and the cosmos!
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Universe as a Network
- The universe is made of a network of discrete elements, atoms of space, connected like a graph.
- Particles like electrons and quarks are features of these connections, not separate entities.
Time and Quantum Mechanics
- Time is the progression of updates to this network, not a separate dimension like space.
- Quantum mechanics arises from the branching and merging of possible update paths.
Unifying Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
- General relativity and quantum mechanics are the same theory, played out in different spaces.
- Einstein's equations in physical space are equivalent to the Feynman path integral in branchial space.