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Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. This is our second conversation on the podcast.
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\nOUTLINE:
\n00:00 - Introduction
\n07:14 - Key moments in history of physics
\n12:43 - Philosophy of science
\n14:37 - Science and computational reducibility
\n22:08 - Predicting the pandemic
\n38:58 - Sunburn moment with Wolfram Alpha
\n39:46 - Computational irreducibility
\n46:45 - Theory of everything
\n52:41 - General relativity
\n1:01:16 - Quantum mechanics
\n1:06:46 - Unifying the laws of physics
\n1:12:01 - Wolfram Physics Project
\n1:29:53 - Emergence of time
\n1:34:11 - Causal invariance
\n1:53:03 - Deriving physics from simple rules on hypergraphs
\n2:07:24 - Einstein equations
\n2:13:04 - Simulating the physics of the universe
\n2:17:28 - Hardware specs of the simulation
\n2:24:37 - Quantum mechanics in Wolfram physics model
\n2:42:46 - Double-slit experiment
\n2:45:13 - Quantum computers
\n2:53:21 - Getting started with Wolfram physics project
\n3:14:46 - The rules that created our universe
\n3:24:22 - Alien intelligences
\n3:32:29 - Meta-mathematics
\n3:37:58 - Why is math hard?
\n3:52:55 - Sabine Hossenfelder and how beauty leads physics astray
\n4:01:07 - Eric Weinstein and Geometric Unity
\n4:06:17 - Travel faster than speed of light
\n4:16:59 - Why does the universe exist at all