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Back to SearchWhy 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 ch…
3 years, 9 months 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 the…
3 years, 9 months 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 conve…
3 years, 10 months 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 appl…
3 years, 10 months 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 Phys…
3 years, 10 months 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 …
3 years, 11 months 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 Th…
3 years, 11 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, chemis…
3 years, 11 months ago
How big is the computer that runs the universe?
Episode 18
As you’ll know from Episode 8: Where’s the computer that runs the universe? ( read ⋅ listen ⋅ watch ), I have my doubts about the existence of a comp…
3 years, 11 months ago
Unary, binary, ternary, k-ary hyperedges in Wolfram Physics
Episode 17
Here are answers to some fundamental questions about hypergraphs:
A hyperedge can connect any number of nodes: one, two, three, four, seventeen or any…
4 years ago