Here’s a question.

Why does the universe exist?

Why is there something rather than nothing?

One of Stephen Wolfram’s boldest claims is that he has the answer.

Let me know whether you’re convinced by his argument!

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Ideas:

• Wolfram Physics
• Mathematical Platonism
• Occam’s Razor
• The Last Theory

People:

• Stephen Wolfram
• Jonathan Gorard

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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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Do you know what causality is?

If you do, let me know, because I’m not sure.

I’ve never come across a conception of causality that makes sense to me.

After all, our universe seems to follow simple equations like Einstein’s equations, and there’s no mention of causality in these equations.

It makes me think that there’s no such thing as causality.

Unless...

Well, here’s the thing.

I’m no longer sure that our universe does follow these continuous equations.

I’m beginning to think that at the smallest scale, our universe might evolve through discrete computations.

If that turns out to be true, it allows for a limited conception of causalityafter all.

It’s causality, Jim, but not as we know it.

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References:

• Even the Catholic Church now concedes that the Earth orbits the Sun.
• Einstein’s equations tell you everything you need to know about how the Sun, the Earth and the various other conglomerations of matter in the vicinity warp space and time in such a way that the Earth follows its slightly wobbly elliptical orbit around the Sun.
• I tend to think that history is just one thing after another.

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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.

Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Causal invariance is a crucial concept in Wolfram Physics.

It’s how we get special relativity from the Wolfram model.

It’s how we get quantum mechanics from the Wolfram model.

So what precisely is causal invariance?

This question will take us deep into the multiway graph, to an even deeper question: what is causality?

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What is the multiway graph? video ⋅ podcast ⋅ article

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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.

Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.