In defence of Stephen Wolfram

The Last Theory

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You like Stephen Wolfram, right?

I mean, if he’s to be believed, he has reinvented physics, not to mention philosophy.

How could you not like such a thinker?

Well... it turns out that there are plenty of people who don’t like Stephen Wolfram... or his physics... or his philosophy.

Here are four criticisms of Stephen Wolfram I regularly hear...

...and here’s why these criticisms, though they hint at uncomfortable truths, nonetheless miss the mark.

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Stephen Wolfram:

Stephen Wolfram’s claims:

He has a path to the fundamental theory of physics
He has an answer to the question: what is an observer?
He has an answer to the question: what is consciousness?
He has an answer to the question: why does the universe exist?
He seems surprised at how little discussion there has been of his answer to the question: why does the universe exist?

Some of the things Stephen Wolfram created:

Other people involved in the Wolfram Physics Project:

Other people mentioned in this episode:

Freeman Dyson – quote
Sean Carroll – quote – Mindscape podcast – episode #155 with Stephen Wolfram
Katie Mack – quote
Adam Mastroianni – The rise and fall of peer review
Father Strickland – quote

Brilliant people of the past:

Other episodes of The Last Theory mentioned:

Why has there been no progress in physics since 1973? – article ⋅ podcast ⋅ video
Peer review is suffocating science – article ⋅ podcast ⋅ video

Reference:

Wolfram Research now has over 800 employees

Images:

Freeman Dyson 2005 by ioerror licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web Mind

I release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.

The full article is here.

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