Some incredibly brilliant minds on this panel !!! If you want to discover this incredible new way of thinking about the universe check out the papers and dive in!!! I am an Aussie so I was happy to see us represented here!!! The Woldram Language rocks!!!!
There are so many mysteries in Physics and Astrophysics... For instance the Fermi Paradox or why is C, the speed of light constant, valued at 3x108 meters per second? Is it a random digit pulled out of a bag of numbers when a new universe explodes into existance? It's currently impossible to know why the speed of light is the speed that it is... all we know is that our universe couldn't exist without this speed limit !!!!! The Wolfram Model is the first real progress in understanding our universe since the golden age of physics! It tackles the body of evidence and maths and I think holds amazing promise! This is why it is the hotest topic in physics right now... Astrophysics has made some amazing breakthroughs in the exciting field of Exoplanets and I look forwards to this new model to shine light on GR and SR !!!!
My prediction is some young physicists will win prizes based on this because it offers so much to us as opposed to just using traditional ways in physics using formula....
People who have a basic understanding of Physics dont really know how much we have discovered over the last 100 years! In astrophysics every year it seems to be more and more exciting from Gravity waves to now even the possibility of detecting Exomoons!!! Where the Wolfram Model is amazing is what it says about Black Holes and the Entanglement Horizon! Information may not be destroyed !!! I have to admit I am now studying the Wolfram Language and Mathematica!!! The reason is because they allow us explore the computational universe in a very useful way! I cant imagine studying the WM and not having the tools!!!
This presupposes some physical reality, and mechanism: but that has been shown to be contradictory. If we assume mechanism, we have to derive physics from a non computable statistic on all computation "seen from inside" (something we can make precise using a bit of mathematical logic). This works, and the test so far add evidence to Mechanism, and add evidences to its immaterialist and non physicalist consequences. The quantum appears to be the way arithmetic can be seen from inside arithmetic. (We know since the work of the logicians in the 1930s that the notion of computations is arithmetical).
When someone insists that “transcendental equations emerge” from “work”, based on their “strong intuitions”, using the term “scientific theory” on their own “work”, you know with absolutely certainty that you are listening to a wacko or religious person. The load of crap spoken by Mr. Wolfram cannot be measured, “we don’t really know”, but it’s big!!! Further work possibly will show the load of crap is even bigger!
All I can say is that this is the 3rd or 4th time I’ve listened to this guy’s presentation to try and figure out what he’s doing or talking about and for the 3rd or 4th time I didn’t understand any of it on any level. I mean the guy might as well be saying his new way of doing physics is a bird’s head that drives a chair on the number 16 that is a tuna sandwich. Unfortunately for me or him, I’m not exaggerating and I don’t have a clue what this guy is talking about as it relates to some new process of deduction or way of thinking about Physics. He makes no sense to me as to what he even could mean, which at very least is required to understand any claim of any kind including the one I’m making. I can’t even believe I’ve wasted 2 or 3 hrs of life on this quack. I’m sorry but I’m sick of physicists who think they can spew a bunch of nonsensical gibberish and get away with it by thinking it’s over everyone’s head. Well it’s not and it’s exactly what it sounds like to me. I should mention however that I do enjoy this Channel despite this rant. I like the format, interaction in the Q&A and in depth questions. Good Channel.
It’s not his fault that you don’t understand it. You need a little background in physics to get what problems it solves, and some complexity theory / network theory to understand its formalization. I studied complexity theory for about a year or two prior to finding Wolframs work…complexity theory is basically Wolframs model just not formalized. Wolframs model is basically a formalization of complexity theory…and for me it took me about 3 months to fully understand it and about a year to apply it’s concepts in practice (because the theory has practical application called multi computation) Once you get a background, you should then learn the principle that is really the big juice that underlies and enables everything about this model…which is the principle of computational equivalence. The principle of computational equivalence is a statement that simplicity = complexity…that the two are the exact same thing. Much like how space and time are united by a singular mechanism (geometry) this computational equivalence is on the same level of unification as that. The principle is also a statement about how significant the equivalence is. Turing universality is maximally complex behavior where a Turing machine can compute any computable function. The principle of computational equivalence states that because almost all rules can trivially reach this universality, then nearly all rules are turing universal and therefor equivalent…and that makes sense…. It makes it possible for Turing machines to compute other Turing machines that can create other Turing machines… and thus the requirement for starting the universe is just about any rule. In extension, Wolframs model of physics is based on the fact that the universe is a machine that runs all possible rules, ie a Turing machine itself. Since the equivalence is true than it is trivial that the universe would run a rule that will also be turing universal and continue this process.
@@NightmareCourtPictures Well I beg to differ with you in that it’s the job of physicists to tell us about the world and how it works. The general public shouldn’t have to learn advanced or abstract mathematics to understand a theory about the world they live in. You’re making excuses for people who are lucky enough to have people take the time to listen to them. Which is a privilege too many physicists have abused by thinking they don’t have to make sense and can put the blame on others when they don’t. And while I do appreciate the time you took to point out the basic principles or axioms of Wolframs model, something he should learn to do, to no fault of your ow, it does more to confirm my point than anything else. I’m sure the concept of “simplicity being equivalent to complexity” makes some sort of sense in Wolframs mind and in yours and others, but it doesn’t make sense based on the meaning of the words or in any way I can even imagine. I certainly get the notion that things in the world can be viewed as complex from one perspective and simple from another. But know of nothing that exists or could exist that is by definition simplistic and complex on the most fundamental level. You have to change the words or their meanings for that to even have a chance at making any sense on global scale. Which it what we’re all supposed to be doing when we do science on any level in any discipline. Explain the world as we all know it or would know it objectively and from one shared perspective. That’s just one way of many to define what science is or at the very least what it isn’t. The other principle or axiom you mention in that the universe is a Turing machine that follows all rules including those of other Turing machines, is not exactly profound or original. As a matter of fact it tells me precisely nothing about the universe I couldn’t have thought up myself at any time without even trying. I guess it could if these Turing machines were conscious beings or of alien design. Maybe like Apple products they could be designed by aliens and assembled by the universe. The possibilities are endless and are about as scientific as the church of scientology. Please don’t take any of this personal as my issue is hardly with you and not even with Steven Wolfram personally. My issue is with the scientific community in general and the fraud to science so many have become.
Some incredibly brilliant minds on this panel !!!
If you want to discover this incredible new way of thinking about the universe check out the papers and dive in!!!
I am an Aussie so I was happy to see us represented here!!!
The Woldram Language rocks!!!!
really digging these videos, great to see some of my favourite thinkers address a broader, and well informed, audience. Thankyou Astrofisica UC!!
Thank's a lot! Greate! Tell me please. Are you use youtube platform for this webinar or another plathorm? Greate thank's again!
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Nuestras GPUs están contribuyendo al calentamiento global mientras hablamos. ;)
There are so many mysteries in Physics and Astrophysics... For instance the Fermi Paradox or why is C, the speed of light constant, valued at 3x108 meters per second? Is it a random digit pulled out of a bag of numbers when a new universe explodes into existance? It's currently impossible to know why the speed of light is the speed that it is... all we know is that our universe couldn't exist without this speed limit !!!!!
The Wolfram Model is the first real progress in understanding our universe since the golden age of physics! It tackles the body of evidence and maths and I think holds amazing promise! This is why it is the hotest topic in physics right now... Astrophysics has made some amazing breakthroughs in the exciting field of Exoplanets and I look forwards to this new model to shine light on GR and SR !!!!
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My prediction is some young physicists will win prizes based on this because it offers so much to us as opposed to just using traditional ways in physics using formula....
People who have a basic understanding of Physics dont really know how much we have discovered over the last 100 years! In astrophysics every year it seems to be more and more exciting from Gravity waves to now even the possibility of detecting Exomoons!!! Where the Wolfram Model is amazing is what it says about Black Holes and the Entanglement Horizon! Information may not be destroyed !!!
I have to admit I am now studying the Wolfram Language and Mathematica!!! The reason is because they allow us explore the computational universe in a very useful way! I cant imagine studying the WM and not having the tools!!!
I can't believe I missed this, but the number of comments about some of the most exciting scientific news is sad :)
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This is great but personally I'd prefer panels to be kept at max 6 people
This presupposes some physical reality, and mechanism: but that has been shown to be contradictory. If we assume mechanism, we have to derive physics from a non computable statistic on all computation "seen from inside" (something we can make precise using a bit of mathematical logic). This works, and the test so far add evidence to Mechanism, and add evidences to its immaterialist and non physicalist consequences. The quantum appears to be the way arithmetic can be seen from inside arithmetic. (We know since the work of the logicians in the 1930s that the notion of computations is arithmetical).
Nice video ♥♥♥! As a fellow UA-camr, I am always looking for creative ideas! Nice Job!
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When someone insists that “transcendental equations emerge” from “work”, based on their “strong intuitions”, using the term “scientific theory” on their own “work”, you know with absolutely certainty that you are listening to a wacko or religious person.
The load of crap spoken by Mr. Wolfram cannot be measured, “we don’t really know”, but it’s big!!! Further work possibly will show the load of crap is even bigger!
All I can say is that this is the 3rd or 4th time I’ve listened to this guy’s presentation to try and figure out what he’s doing or talking about and for the 3rd or 4th time I didn’t understand any of it on any level. I mean the guy might as well be saying his new way of doing physics is a bird’s head that drives a chair on the number 16 that is a tuna sandwich. Unfortunately for me or him, I’m not exaggerating and I don’t have a clue what this guy is talking about as it relates to some new process of deduction or way of thinking about Physics. He makes no sense to me as to what he even could mean, which at very least is required to understand any claim of any kind including the one I’m making. I can’t even believe I’ve wasted 2 or 3 hrs of life on this quack. I’m sorry but I’m sick of physicists who think they can spew a bunch of nonsensical gibberish and get away with it by thinking it’s over everyone’s head. Well it’s not and it’s exactly what it sounds like to me. I should mention however that I do enjoy this Channel despite this rant. I like the format, interaction in the Q&A and in depth questions. Good Channel.
It’s not his fault that you don’t understand it.
You need a little background in physics to get what problems it solves, and some complexity theory / network theory to understand its formalization.
I studied complexity theory for about a year or two prior to finding Wolframs work…complexity theory is basically Wolframs model just not formalized. Wolframs model is basically a formalization of complexity theory…and for me it took me about 3 months to fully understand it and about a year to apply it’s concepts in practice (because the theory has practical application called multi computation)
Once you get a background, you should then learn the principle that is really the big juice that underlies and enables everything about this model…which is the principle of computational equivalence.
The principle of computational equivalence is a statement that simplicity = complexity…that the two are the exact same thing. Much like how space and time are united by a singular mechanism (geometry) this computational equivalence is on the same level of unification as that.
The principle is also a statement about how significant the equivalence is. Turing universality is maximally complex behavior where a Turing machine can compute any computable function. The principle of computational equivalence states that because almost all rules can trivially reach this universality, then nearly all rules are turing universal and therefor equivalent…and that makes sense….
It makes it possible for Turing machines to compute other Turing machines that can create other Turing machines… and thus the requirement for starting the universe is just about any rule. In extension, Wolframs model of physics is based on the fact that the universe is a machine that runs all possible rules, ie a Turing machine itself. Since the equivalence is true than it is trivial that the universe would run a rule that will also be turing universal and continue this process.
@@NightmareCourtPictures
Well I beg to differ with you in that it’s the job of physicists to tell us about the world and how it works. The general public shouldn’t have to learn advanced or abstract mathematics to understand a theory about the world they live in. You’re making excuses for people who are lucky enough to have people take the time to listen to them. Which is a privilege too many physicists have abused by thinking they don’t have to make sense and can put the blame on others when they don’t.
And while I do appreciate the time you took to point out the basic principles or axioms of Wolframs model, something he should learn to do, to no fault of your ow, it does more to confirm my point than anything else. I’m sure the concept of “simplicity being equivalent to complexity” makes some sort of sense in Wolframs mind and in yours and others, but it doesn’t make sense based on the meaning of the words or in any way I can even imagine. I certainly get the notion that things in the world can be viewed as complex from one perspective and simple from another. But know of nothing that exists or could exist that is by definition simplistic and complex on the most fundamental level. You have to change the words or their meanings for that to even have a chance at making any sense on global scale. Which it what we’re all supposed to be doing when we do science on any level in any discipline. Explain the world as we all know it or would know it objectively and from one shared perspective. That’s just one way of many to define what science is or at the very least what it isn’t.
The other principle or axiom you mention in that the universe is a Turing machine that follows all rules including those of other Turing machines, is not exactly profound or original. As a matter of fact it tells me precisely nothing about the universe I couldn’t have thought up myself at any time without even trying. I guess it could if these Turing machines were conscious beings or of alien design. Maybe like Apple products they could be designed by aliens and assembled by the universe. The possibilities are endless and are about as scientific as the church of scientology.
Please don’t take any of this personal as my issue is hardly with you and not even with Steven Wolfram personally. My issue is with the scientific community in general and the fraud to science so many have become.