Stephen Wolfram joins Brian Greene to explore whether the ultimate theory of the universe might emerge from a computationally simple framework.
This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.
Participant:
Stephen Wolfram
Moderator:
Brian Greene
WSF Landing Page Link: https://www.worldsciencefestival.com/programs/coding-the-cosmos-does-reality-emerge-from-simple-computations/
00:00 - Brian Greene Introduction
03:55 - Welcome Stephen Wolfram
07:59 - How powerful are Wolfram's tools?
13:30 - What is it like to be the weather?
19:32 - Computationally bounded observers like us
29:24 - Are all possible mathematical outcome out there somewhere?
33:15 - Where is the Wolfram software at today?
50:30 - Heisenberg, Bohr, and Einstein thought space was discreet
01:00:25 - When we look back at Einstein's field equations it become obvious
01:13:41 - Is the an early primordial node in the Ruliad?
01:22:24 - Is the universe only three dimensional for observer like us?
01:29:45 - How big is the elementary length?
01:39:50 - What happens to black holes in the model?
01:46:43 - Is it Everett's and the many worlds approach to Quantum Mechanics?
01:56:08 - How do you think about GD6 in the multi way graph?
02:04:22 - How does time dilation work in Wolfram's models?
02:10:49 - What is the ultimate goal?
02:22:00 - The bridge to string theory
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