Podcast Episodes

In defence of Stephen Wolfram

Episode 58

You like Stephen Wolfram, right?

I mean, if he’s to be believed, he has reinvented physics, not to mention philosophy.

How could you not like such a thinker?

Well... it turns out that there are plenty o…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Beyond physics: applying the Wolfram model in biology, chemistry, mathematics with Jonathan Gorard

Episode 57

In this final excerpt from our conversation in October 2022, Jonathan Gorard explains how ideas from Wolfram Physics can be applied in fields beyond physics, including biology, chemistry and mathemat…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Who is Stephen Wolfram?

Episode 56

You know who Stephen Wolfram is, right?

Whether you love him or, you know, don’t love him, there’s no denying that Stephen Wolfram has founded a host of fascinating projects... most of them named Wolf…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Where's the evidence for Wolfram Physics? with Jonathan Gorard

Episode 55

I asked Jonathan Gorard the question I’m asked the most: can the Wolfram model make testable predictions about reality, predictions that differ from those of general relativity and quantum mechanics,…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

The knowledge hypergraph

Episode 54

The Open Web Mind is a protocol for shared human intelligence, based on the knowledge hypergraph.

Take a look at this quick introduction for subscribers to The Last Theory, then jump to the 2-minute t…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Are electrons too big to simulate? with Jonathan Gorard

Episode 53

How big are electrons compared to the hypergraph?

Is one electron formed of 10 nodes, or 10100 nodes?

And if it’s 10100 nodes, might it prove impossible to simulate an electron on any computer we can p…

Published on 2 years ago

How to measure the curvature of space

Episode 52

What if you’re inside a universe, and you want to measure the curvature of space?

It’s important because getting a measure of the curvature of the hypergraph takes us one step further in Jonathan Gora…

Published on 2 years ago

A toy model of particles with Jonathan Gorard

Episode 51

In this excerpt from my conversation with Jonathan Gorard, he proposes that particles in Wolfram Physics might be persistent topological obstructions in the hypergraph.

He starts with a toy model in w…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

How to tell if space is curved

Episode 50

What if you’re inside a universe, and you want to know whether space is curved?

The reason I’m asking is that according to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, our universe is curved, by the prese…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

How special is general relativity? with Jonathan Gorard

Episode 49

I asked Jonathan Gorard what it felt like when he realized that general relativity can be derived from the hypergraph.

His answer took us in an unexpected direction.

If the Wolfram model is to be an ac…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago