Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow to derive quantum mechanics from Wolfram Physics with Jonathan Gorard
Episode 46
Here’s the first of two crucial excerpts from my conversation with Jonathan Gorard.
The core idea of Wolfram Physics is that we can model the universe…
3 years, 1 month ago
Peer review is suffocating science
Episode 45
You know peer review, right?
It’s the way academics check each other’s research papers.
It ensures that only the good ones are published and prevents t…
3 years, 1 month ago
Is the universe a tautology? with Jonathan Gorard
Episode 44
“Sorry, this is now getting very metaphysical,” says Jonathan Gorard part way through this excerpt from our conversation.
We start by talking about ap…
3 years, 2 months ago
What is a particle in Wolfram’s universe?
Episode 43
It’s pretty easy to see how three-dimensional space might arise from Wolfram Physics.
The hypergraph kinda looks like space, and, for some rules, it k…
3 years, 2 months ago
One rule to rule them all? with Jonathan Gorard
Episode 42
In the early days of the Wolfram Physics Project, Stephen Wolfram seemed to be seeking a single rule that, when applied to the hypergraph, could gene…
3 years, 2 months ago
John von Neumann and the art of being there
Episode 41
John von Neumann might be the most important figure in Wolfram Physics prehistory.
Whenever any of the most important prerequisites to Wolfram Physics…
3 years, 3 months ago
How to find interesting and plausible rules with Jonathan Gorard
Episode 40
The Wolfram model allows an infinite number of rules.
Some of these rules generate interesting universes that are complex and connected, some of these…
3 years, 3 months ago
Why has there been no progress in physics since 1973?
Episode 39
The twentieth century was a truly exciting time in physics.
From 1905 to 1973, we made extraordinary progress probing the mysteries of the universe: s…
3 years, 4 months ago
How to find causally invariant rules with Jonathan Gorard
Episode 38
Causal invariance is a crucial characteristic for any rule of Wolfram Physics.
According to Wolfram MathWorld, if a rule is causally invariant, then “…
3 years, 4 months ago
How to knit the universe
Episode 37
Now that I’ve introduced you to the different kinds of edges that might make up a hypergraph – unary, binary and ternary edges, as well as loops and …
3 years, 5 months ago