Podcast Episodes

Graphs v hypergraphs in Wolfram Physics with Jonathan Gorard

Episode 28

Here’s a slightly technical question:

Does Wolfram Physics really need hypergraphs?

Or could it based on graphs instead?

Jonathan Gorard shares some interesting insights into the evolution of Stephen Wo…

Published on 3 years ago

Where I’m going with Wolfram Physics in 2023

Episode 27

I’ve been blown away by your response to The Last Theory in 2022.

How am I going to thank you for reading, listening, watching and subscribing?

Well, by bringing you more Wolfram Physics in the New Yea…

Published on 3 years ago

Why hypergraphs might be a good model of the universe with Jonathan Gorard

Episode 26

Wolfram Physics is based on hypergraphs.

Why?

What is it about hypergraphs that might make them a better model of the universe than, say, strings of characters, or cellular automata, or Turing machines…

Published on 3 years ago

Is Wolfram Physics the next scientific revolution?

Episode 25

For the last few hundred years, all our theories of physics have been mathematical.

If Stephen Wolfram is right, from now on, our most fundamental theories of physics may be computational.

This shift f…

Published on 3 years ago

Why I took a chance on Wolfram Physics with Jonathan Gorard

Episode 24

Jonathan Gorard admits that it was a risk, for his academic career, to work on the Wolfram Physics project.

In this third excerpt from my recent conversation with Jonathan, I asked him how he thought …

Published on 3 years ago

What is the multiway graph in Wolfram Physics?

Episode 23

In Episode 15: Where to apply Wolfram’s rules? (listen to the audio ⋅ watch the video ⋅ read the article) I introduced a radical idea.

When we’re applying a rule to a graph in Wolfram Physics, there a…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

From clockwork to computation in Wolfram Physics with Jonathan Gorard

Episode 22

This is the second of a series of excerpts from my recent conversation with Jonathan Gorard, who was instrumental in the founding of The Wolfram Physics Project.

I asked Jonathan why he found the comp…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Why I don’t like String Theory

Episode 21

In my conversation with Jonathan Gorard about the founding of the Wolfram Physics Project, I said that I don’t like String Theory.

Now, I’ll admit, I don’t really understand String Theory.

It’s highly …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

The founding of the Wolfram Physics Project with Jonathan Gorard

Episode 20

In 2019, Jonathan Gorard and Max Piskunov goaded Stephen Wolfram into pursuing his ideas for a new kind of science.

This led to the announcement of The Wolfram Physics Project in 2020.

Last week, I tal…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Hypergraphs are everywhere

Episode 19

Wolfram Physics models the universe as a hypergraph.

Maybe I’m just seeing things, but it seems to me that hypergraphs are everywhere: physics, chemistry, biology, neurology, ecology, sociology, techn…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago