Podcasts about Computational physics

Fields don't exist.I mean, a field with grass in it, that kind of field does exist.But a field in physics?A gravitational field? An electric field? A magnetic field? A quantum field?No such thing.I'm not knocking the physicists who came up with these fields.These fictions can be convenient.But sometimes, these fictions can blind us to the underlying reality.And that's what's happening right now in physics.Our long-time love affair with fields is blinding us to the true nature of space and everything in it.—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

In the previous excerpt from my conversation with Stephen Wolfram, I asked him how I can remain a single, coherent, persistent consciousness in a branching universe.In this excerpt, we went deeper into this question. As a conscious observer, I have a single thread of experience. So if the universe branches into many timelines, why don't I branch into many versions of me?Stephen's answer touched on many profound aspects of the Wolfram model.He started with the failure of the Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics to consider the possibility that different branches of history can merge, in other words, come back together again. This failure is rooted in assumption that the universe is continuous; as soon as we start thinking of the universe as discrete, such merging seems not only possible, but inevitable.He went on to consider the concept of causal invariance, the idea that it doesn't matter which of countless similar paths you take through the multiway graph, you end up in the same place. In the Ruliad, he said, causal invariance is inevitable.Then we got to the core of the concept of the observer. According to Stephen Wolfram, an observer equivalences many different states and experiences the aggregate of these states.I did not expect Stephen's next move, to apply the concept of aggregation not just to observers, but to the universe itself.He made the profound proposal that in the Wolfram model of physics, in addition to the computation of the hypergraph through the application of rules, there's a process of aggregation of possible paths through the multiway graph to weave the future.—Stephen WolframStephen WolframThe Wolfram Physics ProjectWolfram InstituteWolfram Institute Community DiscordConcepts mentioned by StephenMany Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanicsComputational irreducibilityCausal invarianceThe RuliadSequentializationEquivalencing—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

When the universe branches, we branch with it.Those branches don't remain forever apart. They come back together.So we, as conscious observers, are rescued from splitting into an immense number ever-so-slightly different versions of ourselves.When the branches of the universe – and the versions of ourselves – come back together, we don't worry that the many paths we took to get there are ever-so-slightly different.We equivalence all those different paths. We treat all those ever-so-slightly different branches of history as if they were more-or-less the same.I asked Stephen Wolfram about this strangest of consequences of a branching universe.Through all this splitting and coming-back-together, how can I remain a single, coherent, persistent consciousness?Stephen's answer takes us through branchial space to quantum computing, the maximum entanglement speed and the elementary length.—Stephen WolframStephen WolframThe Wolfram Physics ProjectWolfram InstituteWolfram Institute Community DiscordConcepts mentioned by StephenEquivalencing or coarse-grainingBranchial spaceCoherence timeInfrageometryGeneral relativityQuantum mechanicsStatistical mechanicsQuantum computingDecoherence timeEuclidean geometryRiemannian geometryCategory theoryMaximum entanglement speedElementary time and lengthPeople mentioned by StephenEuclidAlbert Einstein—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

The causal graph is at the core of Wolfram Physics.It's crucial to the derivations of Special Relativity, General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.And if that's not enough to convince you that you need to know about the causal graph, how about this:The causal graph is a reflection of the nature of causality, the nature of objectivity, the nature of reality itself.—Einstein's train thought experimentWhat is the multiway graph? video ⋅ podcast ⋅ articleWhat precisely is causal invariance? video ⋅ podcast ⋅ articleCausality ain't what you think it is video ⋅ podcast ⋅ article—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Is everything that's ever going to happen in the universe already determined?Or does something else – maybe randomness, maybe free will – play a role?Stephen Wolfram's answer to this question is straightforward: the ruliad is fully determined.But there's a twist. The ruliad is determined, but how we observe the evolution of the universe depends on where we are in the ruliad.In a fascinating introduction to the role of the observer in the Wolfram model, Stephen touches on some of the deepest philosophical questions in physics, finishing on one of the deepest: is there an objective reality?—Stephen WolframStephen WolframThe Wolfram Physics ProjectWolfram InstituteWolfram Institute Community Discord—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Hypergraphs can have any number of dimensions. They can be 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, 4.81-dimensional or, in the limit, ∞-dimensional.So how does the three-dimensional space we observe emerge from the hypergraph-based Wolfram model?Why is space three-dimensional?Stephen Wolfram's surprising answer to this questions goes deep into space, time, computation and, crucially, our nature as observers.—Stephen WolframStephen WolframThe Wolfram Physics ProjectWolfram InstituteWolfram Institute Community DiscordPeople mentioned by StephenEuclidHermann Minkowski—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Stephen Wolfram reveals that his first major wow along the path towards a fundamental theory of physics was his realization that General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics are the same theory, played out in different kinds of space.Many other dominos have fallen along the way, from the derivation of Einstein's equations to applications of the ruliad beyond physics.But the aspect of Wolfram Physics that Stephen Wolfram himself finds maybe the most compelling is this mirroring of the two pillars of twentieth century physics.Perhaps General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics aren't as incompatible as they've so long seemed.In this first excerpt from my conversation with Stephen Wolfram, he tells the story of how he came to apply hypergraphs and hypergraph rewriting rules to the universe itself, and arrived at the first traces of a path towards what might be the last theory of physics.—Stephen WolframStephen WolframThe Wolfram Physics ProjectWolfram InstituteWolfram Institute Community DiscordPeople mentioned by StephenMax PiskunovJonathan Gorard—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

It feels like everyone has their pet Theory of Everything these days.So why should you take my preferred Theory of Everything seriously?Well, give me 5 minutes, and I'll give you 5 reasons why I find Wolfram Physics more compelling than anything else that's happened in physics in my lifetime......and maybe you'll want to take it seriously too.—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

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!—Ideas:Wolfram PhysicsMathematical PlatonismOccam's RazorThe Last TheoryPeople:Stephen WolframJonathan Gorard—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

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.—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.—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI 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?—What is the multiway graph? video ⋅ podcast ⋅ article—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

I've heard from many of you that you'd like the whole of my conversation with Jonathan Gorard in a single podcast.So here it is, the complete first interview.These three hours are a brilliant exposition of Wolfram Physics from a figure whose contributions to the project are second to none.—Jonathan GorardJonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics ProjectJonathan Gorard on TwitterThe Centre for Applied CompositionalityThe Wolfram Physics ProjectJonathan's seminal papersSome Relativistic and Gravitational Properties of the Wolfram Model; also published in Complex SystemsSome Quantum Mechanical Properties of the Wolfram ModelStephen Wolfram's writingsAnnouncement of the Wolfram Physics ProjectA New Kind of ScienceA project to find the Fundamental Theory of PhysicsA complete list of links to the research, concepts and people mentioned by Jonathan is hereImagesCalabi–Yau manifold by Andrew J. Hanson, Indiana University, who allows use with attributionFeynman diagram by Joel Holdsworth, public domainJohn von Neumann – Los Alamos National LaboratoryStanisław Ulam – Los Alamos National LaboratoryWolf-Rayet nebula – Nebula surrounding the Wolf-Rayet star WR124 in the constellation Sagittarius. (Produced with the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2, Hubble Space Telescope.) – NASA – NSSDCA Photo Gallery – Yves Grosdidier (University of Montreal and Observatoire de Strasbourg), Anthony Moffat (Universitie de Montreal), Gilles Joncas (Universite Laval), Agnes Acker (Observatoire de Strasbourg) – Public domainStele from Retortillo by Emilio Gómez Fernández licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0Spinning and chargend black hole with accretion disk by Simon Tyran, Vienna (Симон Тыран) licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0Альфред Грэй в Греции by AlionaKo licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0Crab Nebula, as seen by Herschel and Hubble – courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech – credit: ESA/Herschel/PACS/MESS Key Programme Supernova Remnant Team; NASA, ESA and Allison Loll/Jeff Hester (Arizona State University) – reproduced under JPL Image Use PolicyFor images from the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Unless otherwise indicated, this information has been authored by an employee or employees of the Triad National Security, LLC, operator of the Los Alamos National Laboratory with the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Government has rights to use, reproduce, and distribute this information. The public may copy and use this information without charge, provided that this Notice and any statement of authorship are reproduced on all copies. Neither the Government nor Triad makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility for the use of this information.—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Daniel Werner ist Doktorand an der TU Graz und beschäftigt sich mit der Verbesserung von Simulationsmodellen.

Tommaso Mazzocchi ist PhD-Student an der TU Graz und beschäftigt sich am Institut für Theoretische Physik - Computational Physics an der TU Graz mit Isolatoren. Eigentlich wäre er aber Physiotherapeut geworden...

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.—Stephen Wolfram:Stephen WolframStephen Wolfram's web siteTimelineTED talksList of podcast appearancesList of video appearancesStephen Wolfram's claims:He has a path to the fundamental theory of physicsHe 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:1987 Wolfram Research1988 Mathematica2009 Wolfram Alpha2014 Wolfram Language2020 Wolfram PhysicsOther people involved in the Wolfram Physics Project:Jonathan GorardMax PiskunovOther people mentioned in this episode:Freeman Dyson – quoteSean Carroll – quote – Mindscape podcast – episode #155 with Stephen WolframKatie Mack – quoteAdam Mastroianni – The rise and fall of peer reviewFather Strickland – quoteBrilliant people of the past:Leonardo da VinciGregor MendelNikola TeslaAristotleGalileo GalileiIsaac NewtonAlbert EinsteinMax BornPaul DiracWerner HeisenbergErwin SchrödingerWolfgang PauliOther episodes of The Last Theory mentioned:Why has there been no progress in physics since 1973? – article ⋅ podcast ⋅ videoPeer review is suffocating science – article ⋅ podcast ⋅ videoReference:Wolfram Research now has over 800 employeesImages:Freeman Dyson 2005 by ioerror licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

In Episode 83, Patrick and Ciprian speak with returning guest Dr. Prineha Narang of UCLA. The team discusses distributed quantum sensor networks, lasers, magnons, and new technology application opportunities through organic conversations.Dr. Prineha Narang is a Professor in Physical Sciences and Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA with an interdisciplinary group spanning areas of physics, chemistry, and engineering. Prior to moving to UCLA, she was an Assistant Professor of Computational Materials Science at Harvard University. Before starting on the Harvard faculty in 2017, Dr. Narang was an Environmental Fellow at HUCE, and worked as a research scholar in condensed matter theory in the Department of Physics at MIT. She received an M.S. and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Caltech. Her group works on theoretical and computational quantum materials, non-equilibrium dynamics, and quantum information science. Narang's work has been recognized by many awards and special designations, Narang's work has been recognized by many awards and special designations, including the 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship in Physics, Maria Goeppert Mayer Award from the American Physical Society, 2023 ONR Young Investigator Award, 2022 Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from the Materials Research Society, Mildred Dresselhaus Prize, Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, a Max Planck Sabbatical Award from the Max Planck Society, and the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics all in 2021, an NSF CAREER Award in 2020, being named a Moore Inventor Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, a Top Innovator by MIT Tech Review (MIT TR35, )and a leading young scientist by the World Economic Forum in 2018. In 2017, she was named by Forbes Magazine on their “30under30” list for her work in atom-by-atom quantum engineering, that is, designing materials at the smallest scale, using single atoms, to enable the leap to quantum technologies. Dr. Narang has held leadership roles in a DOE EFRC ‘Photonics at Thermodynamic Limits', DOE NQI Quantum Science Center, and the NSF ERC ‘Center for Quantum Networks', among others. Her continued service to the science community includes chairing the Gordon Conference on Ultrafast and Cooperative Phenomena, Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting (2022) and the MRS-Kavli Foundation Future of Materials Workshop: Computational Materials Science (2021), organizing APS, Optica (OSA), and SPIE symposia, and a leadership role in APS' Division of Materials Physics. Narang is an Associate Editor at ACS Nano of the American Chemical Society, an Associate Editor at Applied Physics Letters of the American Institute of Physics, and the Editorial Advisory Boards of Nano Letters and Advanced Photonics. Dr. Narang is also the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Aliro, a VC-backed US quantum network company. At Aliro, she spearheads the effort in quantum information, towards commercializing scalable quantum networks.

Join Spatial Web AI host Denise Holt  and Dr. John Henry Clippinger, co-founder of Bioform Labs and research scientist at MIT's Lab City Sciences group, and key figure behind the pivotal letter, "A Natural AI Based on The Science of Computational Physics, Biology and Neuroscience," shares his insights on the future of artificial intelligence. #ActiveInferenceAI #KarlFriston #VERSESAI Dr. Clippinger discusses the importance of Active Inference, a pioneering approach developed by Dr. Karl Friston, Chief Scientist at VERSES AI, which draws upon computational neuroscience, biology, and physics to create AI systems that exhibit key attributes of living systems. He underscores the crucial need for principled governance in AI to protect privacy and self-sovereignty, advocating for active inference principles and open-source initiatives through the Active Inference Foundation to ensure global AI safety. Exploring societal impacts, Clippinger champions natural intelligence approaches over traditional Deep Learning models, emphasizing the importance of ethical considerations in human-machine interactions. With a focus on educational initiatives, he envisions a future where these principles drive positive change across fields, including addressing pressing global challenges like climate change, fostering safe AI as a public good and shaping a collaborative, inclusive future. Tune in for all this and more… Special thank you to Dr. John Henry Clippinger for being on our show!   Connect with Dr. Clippinger: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-henry-clippinger-5ab1b Connect with Denise: Website: https://deniseholt.us/ Join the Spatial Web AI Substack Community: https://deniseholt.substack.com/subscribe LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniseholt1     #ActiveInference #NaturalAI

In this final excerpt from our conversation in October 2022, Jonathan Gorard explains how ideas from Wolfram Physics can be applied in fields beyond physics, including biology, chemistry and mathematics.He describes the concept of compositionality, and digs deeper into why the hypergraph is able to model so much of our universe.—Jonathan GorardJonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics ProjectJonathan Gorard on TwitterThe Centre for Applied CompositionalityThe Wolfram Physics ProjectConcepts mentioned by Jonathan:General RelativityQuantum MechanicsCausal graphsSpace-like separationMultiway systemPhase spaceSchrödinger equationHilbert spaceKronecker productMulticomputationCompositionalityApplied category theorySymmetric monoidal categoryPartial differential equationsZermelo–Fraenkel set theoryUniversal Turing machineComputational universalityCellular automatonOntologyPeople mentioned by Jonathan:Rudolph CarnapVienna Circle—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

You know who Stephen Wolfram is, right?Whether you love him or, you know, don't love him, there's no denying that Stephen Wolfram has founded a host of fascinating projects... most of them named Wolfram-something-or-other.What are all these Wolfram-branded projects?Who is Stephen Wolfram?—Some of the things Stephen Wolfram created:1987 Wolfram Research1988 Mathematica2009 Wolfram Alpha2014 Wolfram Language2020 Wolfram Physicsnot to mention:Wolfram CloudWolfram OneWolfram NotebooksWolfram PlayerWolfram ScriptWolfram EngineWolfram FoundationMore about Stephen Wolfram:Stephen Wolfram's web siteTimelineStephen Wolfram's education:University of OxfordCalifornia Institute of TechnologySome of Stephen Wolfram's special subjects:particle physicscellular automataSome of Stephen Wolfram's books:A New Kind Of ScienceA project to find the Fundamental Theory of PhysicsOther people involved in the Wolfram Physics Project:Jonathan GorardMax PiskunovReference:Wolfram Research now has over 800 employeesImage:Animation. 1200 iterations of the ‘Rule 110' Automata by Mr. Heretic licenced under CC BY-SA 3.0Some of my own projects:things made thinkable – visualization of nuclides – tap the binding energy button bottom right to show the binding energy per nucleonOpen Web Mind – subscribe to the newsletter or YouTube channel for more on shared human intelligence—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

I asked Jonathan Gorard the question I'm asked the most: can the Wolfram model make testable predictions about reality, predictions that differ from those of general relativity and quantum mechanics, predictions that might prove that Wolfram Physics is right?Jonathan showed how the Wolfram model might shed light on some of the most mysterious phenomena of our universe, from black hole inspirals to quantum entanglement.He focused on four areas where the class of theories encompassed by the Wolfram model might predict observable phenomena:1. Cosmological consequences of global dimension change2. Astrophysical consequences of local dimension change3. Discretization effects during extreme astrophysical events4. Quantum mechanical effects such as maximum entanglement speedThese dozen minutes of my conversation with Jonathan were dense with insights into Wolfram Physics, a true pleasure to revisit!—Jonathan GorardJonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics ProjectJonathan Gorard at Cardiff UniversityJonathan Gorard on TwitterThe Centre for Applied CompositionalityThe Wolfram Physics ProjectConcepts mentioned by JonathanCategory errorCausally connectedCosmological inflationLambda-CDM cosmologyHorizon problemFlatness problemMagnetic monopole problemCosmic microwave backgroundCosmic neutrino backgroundInflaton scalar fieldhttps://lasttheory.com/channel/055-where-is-the-evidence-for-wolfram-physicsQuintessent scalar fieldDecoupling timeRecombination timeLensing effectsLIGO – Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave ObservatoryBlack hole inspiralCausal edge densityWeyl curvatureQuadrupole momentEntanglement structureBranchial graphQuantum information theoryMargolis Leviton boundPeople mentioned by Jonathan:Alan GuthAndrei LindeStephen WolframXerxes ArsiwallaAbdus Salam—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

The Open Web Mind is a protocol for shared human intelligence, based on the knowledge hypergraph.Take a look at this quick introduction for subscribers to The Last Theory, then jump to the 2-minute trailer on the new channel.And if you haven't done so already, make sure to subscribe to the new Open Web Mind channel, podcast and newsletter.If you're interested in Wolfram Physics, I think you'll find Open Web Mind fascinating!—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

How big are electrons compared to the hypergraph?Is one electron formed of 10 nodes, or 10100 nodes?And if it's 10100 nodes, might it prove impossible to simulate an electron on any computer we can possibly imagine?When I asked Jonathan Gorard this question, he took us on a tour of the scales of the universe, from the Planck scale to the Hubble scale.He revealed how the Wolfram Physics Project's early estimate of the scale of the hypergraph was based on a tower of rickety assumptions.And he explained how the Wolfram model might connect with particle physics regardless of the disparities of scale.—Jonathan Gorard Jonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics Project Jonathan Gorard at Cardiff University Jonathan Gorard on Twitter The Centre for Applied Compositionality The Wolfram Physics Project Concepts mentioned by Jonathan Planck scale Hubble scale General relativity Fluid mechanics Quantum mechanics Quantum Field Theory Scattering amplitudes —The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

What if you're inside a universe, and you want to measure the curvature of space?It's important because getting a measure of the curvature of the hypergraph takes us one step further in Jonathan Gorard's derivation of General Relativity from Wolfram Physics.Einstein's equations relate the curvature of space to the presence of matter. So if we're going to prove that Einstein's equations follow from the Wolfram model, we're going to need that measure of the curvature of the hypergraph.Once again, a two-dimensional crab comes to the rescue, given us a way to measure the curvature of a universe from inside that universe.—See Stephen Wolfram's announcement, under Curvature in Space & Einstein's Equations, also included as the introduction to his book A project to find the Fundamental Theory of Physics, page 20, for more on measuring the curvature of spaceConcepts: Cosine power series expansion Polynomial regression analysis Ricci scalar curvature —The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

In this excerpt from my conversation with Jonathan Gorard, he proposes that particles in Wolfram Physics might be persistent topological obstructions in the hypergraph.He starts with a toy model in which elementary particles are non-planar tangles moving and interacting in an otherwise planar hypergraph.But he doesn't stop there.He explains that there's an infinite variety of hypergraphs that give rise to such persistent topological obstructions.These localized tangles behave in ways that look a lot like particle physics.—Jonathan Gorard Jonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics Project Jonathan Gorard at Cardiff University Jonathan Gorard on Twitter The Centre for Applied Compositionality The Wolfram Physics Project Concepts mentioned by Jonathan Utility graph Kuratowski's theorem Wagner's theorem Complete graphs – including K_5 Complete bipartite graphs – including K_3,3 Robertson-Seymour Theorem Graph minor Forbidden minor characterization Image:Feynman diagram Feynmann Diagram Gluon Radiation by Joel Holdsworth, public domain—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

What if you're inside a universe, and you want to know whether space is curved?The reason I'm asking is that according to Einstein's general theory of relativity, our universe is curved, by the presence of matter.If Wolfram Physics is to be a true model of our universe, then the space represented by the hypergraph must also be curved by the presence of matter.Which means that determining whether space is curved is crucial to Jonathan Gorard's derivation of Einstein's equations from the Wolfram model.Fortunately, there's a way to find out that's so simple that even a crab or a space frog could do it.Here's how to tell if your universe curved.—Dimensionality: How to measure the dimensionality of the universe Are Wolfram's graphs three‑dimensional? What are dimensions in Wolfram's universe? Space-time:Space‑time is deadEuclidean geometry: Euclid parallel lines never meet —The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

I asked Jonathan Gorard what it felt like when he realized that general relativity can be derived from the hypergraph.His answer took us in an unexpected direction.If the Wolfram model is to be an accurate model of our universe, then it must give us the Einstein equations.But what if any old model with any old rules can give us the Einstein equations?What if general relativity isn't so special?This is one of the shorter excerpts from my conversation with Jonathan, but it's a fascinating one.It takes us to one of the most powerful aspects of the Wolfram model: its ability to answer questions about why our universe is the way it is, questions that were once in the realm of philosophy but may now be within the scope of physics.—Jonathan Gorard Jonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics Project Jonathan Gorard at Cardiff University Jonathan Gorard on Twitter The Centre for Applied Compositionality The Wolfram Physics Project Concepts mentioned by Jonathan Einstein field equations Riemannian manifold Einstein–Hilbert action Causal invariance Ergodicity —The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

In my exploration of Wolfram Physics, I've come across one objection more than any other.Over and over again, people have told me that the Wolfram model must be rejected because it makes no predictions.I could respond by saying that Wolfram Physics does make predictions. It predicts Einstein's equations. It predicts Schrödinger's equation.But it's true that it doesn't make any predictions that differ from those of general relativity and quantum mechanics. At least, not yet.So here's my more robust response to the objection: all scientific theories make no predictions when they're first formulated.If we dismiss any new theory solely because it doesn't make any predictions, then we'd dismiss all new theories.It's time for academics to learn the lessons of the history of science, and open their minds to bold, new ideas, like Wolfram Physics.—Ideas: Tycho Brahe The paths of the planets are elliptical according to Johannes Kepler Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton Astronomers' test of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity Against Method by Paul Feyerabend The Newtonian Casino by Thomas Bass Ancient astronomies: Egyptian astronomy Babylonian astronomy Inca astronomy Images: Paul Feyerabend Berkeley by Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend reproduced with permission—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Here's a masterclass from Jonathan Gorard.One of the most compelling results to come out of the Wolfram Physics is Jonathan's derivation of the Einstein equations from the hypergraph.Whenever I hear anyone criticize the Wolfram model for bearing no relation to reality, I tell them this: Jonathan Gorard has proved that general relativity can be derived from the hypergraph.In this excerpt from our conversation, Jonathan describes how making just three reasonable assumptions – causal invariance, asymptotic dimension preservation and weak ergodicity – allowed him to derive the vacuum Einstein equations from the Wolfram model.In other words, the structure of space-time in the absence of matter more or less falls out of the hypergraph.And making one further assumption – that particles can be treated as localized topological obstructions – allowed Jonathan to derive the non-vacuum Einstein equations from the Wolfram model.In other words, the structure of space-time in the presence of matter, too, falls out of the hypergraph.It's difficult to overstate the importance of this result.At the very least, we can say that the Wolfram model is consistent with general relativity.To state it more strongly: we no longer need to take general relativity as a given; instead, we can derive it from Wolfram Physics.—Jonathan's seminal paper on how to derive general relativity Some Relativistic and Gravitational Properties of the Wolfram Model; also published in Complex Systems Jonathan Gorard Jonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics Project Jonathan Gorard at Cardiff University Jonathan Gorard on Twitter The Centre for Applied Compositionality The Wolfram Physics Project People mentioned by JonathanAlfred GrayResearch mentioned by Jonathan The volume of a small geodesic ball of a Riemannian manifold by Alfred Gray Tubes by Alfred Gray Concepts mentioned by Jonathan Hausdorff dimension Geodesic balls, tubes & cones Ricci scalar curvature Ricci curvature tensor Einstein equations Einstein–Hilbert action Relativistic Lagrangian density Causal graph Tensor rank Trace From A Project to find the Fundamental Theory of Physics by Stephen Wolfram: Dimension Curvature Images Spinning and chargend black hole with accretion disk by Simon Tyran, Vienna (Симон Тыран) licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Альфред Грэй в Греции by AlionaKo licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 —The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Here's the first of two crucial excerpts from my conversation with Jonathan Gorard.The core idea of Wolfram Physics is that we can model the universe as a hypergraph. If we want this idea to be taken seriously, we're going to have to derive physics from the hypergraph.The twin pillars of physics, as we know it, are quantum mechanics and general relativity.In this episode, Jonathan explains how quantum mechanics can be derived from the Wolfram model, indeed, how quantum mechanics unexpectedly fell out of the model.It's a fascinating story.We start with the role of the observer. According to Jonathan, it turns out not to be necessary to narrow our focus to only causally invariant rules.Why not? Because macroscopic observers like ourselves impose causal invariance through our coarse-graining of the hypergraph. In other words, by squinting at the universe, seeing only its large-scale features and glossing over the finer details, we reduce multiple paths through the multiway graph to a single timeline, and, in the process, impose causal invariance.Jonathan goes on to explain that this coarse-graining can be modelled with completion rules. These are fake rules, similar to the true rules of Wolfram Physics, but posited solely to model the coarse-graining of the hypergraph by the observer.And here's the thing. According to Jonathan, these completion rules are formally equivalent to the collapse of the wavefunction in quantum mechanics. In other words, we finally have an explanation for how the observer causes the collapse of the wavefunction, reducing Schrödinger's half live, half dead cat to one that's either dead or alive.If Jonathan's right, then this is a true breakthrough, not just in quantum mechanics, but in the philosophy of physics.In the next episode, we'll move on to the other pillar of physics: Jonathan will explain how to derive general relativity from the hypergraph.There's much more to explain about each of these derivations, but we're finally getting to the crux of Wolfram Physics, the question of whether it can, after all, model our universe.—Jonathan's seminal paper on how to derive quantum mechanicsSome Quantum Mechanical Properties of the Wolfram ModelJonathan Gorard Jonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics Project Jonathan Gorard at Cardiff University Jonathan Gorard on Twitter The Centre for Applied Compositionality The Wolfram Physics Project Concepts mentioned by Jonathan Causal invariance Computational irreducibility Celestial mechanics Molecular dynamics Space-like separation Heisenberg's uncertainty principle Heisenberg's microscope experiment Quantum entanglement Bell's inequalities Multiway system Coarse-graining Schrödinger equation Unitary operator Hermitian operator Conjugate transpose operation Time reversal Wavefunction collapse Quantum interference Quantum tunnelling Stephen Wolfram's books A New Kind of Science A project to find the Fundamental Theory of Physics —The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch hereKootenay Village Ventures Inc.

You know peer review, right?It's the way academics check each other's research papers.It ensures that only the good ones are published and prevents the bad ones from getting through.Right?Wrong.Peer review does precisely the opposite of what you think it does.It prevents the good papers from being published, and ensures that only the bad ones get through.Peer review is suffocating science.If we want to reverse the stagnation of science over the last 50 years, then we've got to get rid of peer review.—I highly recommend you read Adam Mastroianni's splendid article The rise and fall of peer reviewI first heard Adam's ideas about peer review in his conversation Adam Mastroianni on Peer Review and the Academic Kitchen with Russ Roberts on EconTalkWhy has there been no progress in physics since 1973? article audio video Scientific papers: The journal Nature began to require peer review in 1973 Millions of academic articles are published every year Some scientists simply make stuff up Fraudulent studies make it into respectable journals like Science, Nature and The Lancet Physicists: Isaac Newton Albert Einstein's four papers published in 1905 Max Planck's principle that science progresses one funeral at a time The Wolfram Physics Project: Stephen Wolfram Jonathan Gorard My projects: The Last Theory Open Web Mind Image of Adam Mastroianni by permission from Adam Mastroianni—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch hereThe full article is hereKootenay Village Ventures Inc.

“Sorry, this is now getting very metaphysical,” says Jonathan Gorard part way through this excerpt from our conversation.We start by talking about applying more than one rule to the hypergraph to create rulial multiway systems.This takes us part way towards applying every possible rule, in other words, towards the ruliad.We move on to the idea of measuring the complexity of a structure in terms of the minimum amount of information needed to express it.Jonathan applies this idea to the ruliad, pointing out that it takes almost no information to express, since it encompasses all possible rules.Since he believes, however, that there is some content to the universe – that it is not a tautalogy – this leads Jonathan to reject the idea of the ruliad.We dig into why he has this intuition is that the universe is not a tautalogy.Jonathan invokes theologians like John Duns Scotus, who promulgated the idea the the world is neither completely reducible nor completely irreducible.He follows the scholastics in steering a middle path, suggesting that there's enough content in the universe that it's interesting, but not so much content that we can't write down well-defined laws of nature.This brings us, for the first time, to the role of the observer in the Wolfram model.Again, Jonathan steers a middle path between placing the computational burden entirely on the universe and placing the computational burden entirely on the observer.I find this 9-minute exposition fascinating. It gets to the heart of some of the philosophical differences between Jonathan Gorard and Stephen Wolfram, and to the nature of the universe and our role as observers.—Jonathan Gorard Jonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics Project Jonathan Gorard at Cardiff University Jonathan Gorard on Twitter The Centre for Applied Compositionality The Wolfram Physics Project People mentioned by Jonathan John Duns Scotus Xerxes D. Arsiwalla Hatem Elshatlawy Research mentioned by Jonathan Homotopies in Multiway (Non-Deterministic) Rewriting Systems as n-Fold Categories by Xerxes D. Arsiwalla, Jonathan Gorard, Hatem Elshatlawy Pregeometric Spaces from Wolfram Model Rewriting Systems as Homotopy Types by Xerxes D. Arsiwalla, Jonathan Gorard Concepts mentioned by Jonathan Rulial Multiway System ∞-category ∞-groupoid (∞,1)-topos Grothendieck's homotopy hypothesis Algorithmic complexity theory Algorithmic information theory Kolmogorov complexity Einstein field equations Curvature invariant Qualia —The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

It's pretty easy to see how three-dimensional space might arise from Wolfram Physics.The hypergraph kinda looks like space, and, for some rules, it kinda looks like it's three-dimensional.But our universe isn't just empty three-dimensional space.It's mostly empty space, but there are also particles moving through that space: photons, neutrinos, electrons, quarks.Sometimes, these particles interact, annihilating each other and producing new particles.If Wolfram Physics is to be a successful model of our universe, it must, of course, model these elementary particles and their interactions.So where are the particles in the hypergraph?What is a particle in Wolfram's universe?—Animations: Thanks to Alan Dewar for permission to use his excellent implementation of Conway's Game of Life for many of the animations in the video Thanks also to Chris Rowett for permission to use his Life Viewer, a beautiful implementation of Conway's Game of Life, which I used for the greyship animation in the video and image in the thumbnail Another implementation of Conway's Game of Life, which reproduces the Life Lexicon from ConwayLife.com, is at playgameoflife.com Sources:Talking of ConwayLife.com, that's another incredible resource for information on Conway's Game of LifeTools:I created an RLE to text converter to convert Run Length Encoded patterns to plain text formatImages:  John H Conway 2005 by Thane Plambeck licensed under CC BY 2.0 Sounds: Crickets choir by Serg Childed licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 —The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

In the early days of the Wolfram Physics Project, Stephen Wolfram seemed to be seeking a single rule that, when applied to the hypergraph, could generate our universe.More recently, however, Wolfram has promoted the idea of the ruliad, the application of every possible rule to the hypergraph.So I asked Jonathan Gorard, who was instrumental in the founding of the Wolfram Physics Project, whether all rules might be applied to generate our universe, or whether he was searching for one rule to rule them all.—Stephen Wolfram's 2010 TED talk in which he said he was committed “to see if within this decade we can finally hold in our hands the rule for our universe”.Jonathan Gorard Jonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics Project Jonathan Gorard at Cardiff University Jonathan Gorard on Twitter The Centre for Applied Compositionality The Wolfram Physics Project Concepts mentioned by Jonathan Equivalence class Congruence class Lagrangian mechanics Hamiltonian mechanics Teleology Ontology Axiomatic view of mathematics – top-down Constructivist view of mathematics – bottom-up Domain of discourse Intuitionism Algorithmic information theory —The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

John von Neumann might be the most important figure in Wolfram Physics prehistory.Whenever any of the most important prerequisites to Wolfram Physics were happening – quantum mechanics, Gödel's theorem, Turing machines, electronic computers, cellular automata – John von Neumann always seemed to be there.How did John von Neumann always come to be in the right place at the right time to contribute to some of the most significant developments in physics, mathematics and computation history?For this, another high-budget, big-hair episode of The Last Theory, I flew all the way to Budapest, where John von Neumann was born, to point to a plaque and get some answers.—I took inspiration and information for this episode from Ananyo Bhattacharya's biography of John von Neumann: The Man from the Future Buy it in the US Buy it in the UK Buy it in Canada Buy it in Australia People John von Neumann Albert Einstein Erwin Schrödinger Werner Heisenberg Kurt Gödel Alan Turing Seth Neddermeyer J. Presper Eckert John Mauchly Stephen Wolfram Jonathan Gorard Max Piskunov Stanisław Ulam Father Strickland Concepts Hilbert space Gödel's incompleteness theorems Universal Turing machine Turing's proof Von Neumann architecture The Manhattan Project Cellular automata Computers IAS machine ENIAC EDVAC IBM 701 Images Image of John von Neumann from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which rather pointlessly requires that this rather ponderous statement be reproduced here: “Unless otherwise indicated, this information has been authored by an employee or employees of the Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), operator of the Los Alamos National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC52-06NA25396 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Government has rights to use, reproduce, and distribute this information. The public may copy and use this information without charge, provided that this Notice and any statement of authorship are reproduced on all copies. Neither the Government nor LANS makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility for the use of this information.” Turing Machine Model Davey 2012 by Rocky Acosta licensed under CC BY 3.0 Animation. 1200 iterations of the ‘Rule 110' Automata by Mr. Heretic licenced under  CC BY-SA 3.0 Bundesarchiv Bild183-R57262, Werner Heisenberg by an unknown author (Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R57262) licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 DE Turing in 1935 by Tomipelegrin licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Gospers glider gun by Lucas Vieira licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 —The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of the Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

The Wolfram model allows an infinite number of rules.Some of these rules generate interesting universes that are complex and connected, some of these rules generate plausible universes that look a little like our own, and others... go nowhere.In this excerpt from my conversation with Jonathan Gorard, I ask him how to find rules of Wolfram Physics that are both interesting and plausible.—Jonathan Gorard Jonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics Project Jonathan Gorard at Cardiff University Jonathan Gorard on Twitter The Centre for Applied Compositionality The Wolfram Physics Project The paper referred to by Jonathan Algorithmic Causal Sets and the Wolfram Model by Jonathan GorardConcepts mentioned by Jonathan Causal invariance Manifold Causal graph Space-like separation Causal cone Dimensionality Curvature Discrete differential operators Discrete Laplacian —I release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

The twentieth century was a truly exciting time in physics.From 1905 to 1973, we made extraordinary progress probing the mysteries of the universe: special relativity, general relativity, quantum mechanics, the structure of the atom, the structure of the nucleus, enumerating the elementary particles.Then, in 1973, this extraordinary progress... stopped.I mean, where are the fundamental discoveries in the last 50 years equal to general relativity or quantum mechanics?Why has there been no progress in physics since 1973?For this high-budget, big-hair episode of The Last Theory, I flew all the way to Oxford to tell you why progress stopped, and why it's set to start again: why progress in physics might be about to accelerate in the early twenty-first century in a way we haven't seen since those heady days of the early twentieth century.—Eric Weinstein's claims that there has been no progress in physics since 1973: BigThink The Joe Rogan Experience Lord Kelvin— I release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Innovation technologique Liliane Bettencourt (2022-2023) - Lydéric BocquetCollège de FranceAnnée 2022-2023Colloque - La nanofluidique à la croisée des chemins : Computer Explorations of Soft Flowing MatterMajor progress in experimental micro-nanofluidics over the last decades has spawned the opportunity to explore new states of droplet-based soft flowing matter, such as microfluidic crystals, high-density confined emulsions, bijels, as well as various types of soft granular flows. These novel states of soft matter raise fundamental challenges to non-equilibrium statistical physics mostly on account of strong nonlinear and nonlocal effects, which set their mechanical and rheological properties far apart from those of the three fundamental states of matter (solid,liquid and gas) they are made of. In this talk, I shall present selected computer simulations and machine-learning algorithms which help shedding light into these fascinating states of soft flowing matter and lay the ground for future applications in science and engineering.Sauro SucciDr Succi holds a degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Bologna and a PhD in plasma physics from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. He currently serves as Senior Research Executive and Principal Investigator at the Center for Life Nano-Neuro Sciences at la Sapienza of the Italian Institute of Technology. He is also a Research Affiliate of the Physics Department of Harvard University and a Honorary Professor at the University College London. His research activity covers a broad range of topics related to complex states of flowing matter, such as thermonuclear plasmas, fluid turbulence, micro and nanofluidics, soft matter as well as quantum and subnuclear fluids. He is best known for his contributions to the early inception, development and application of the Lattice Boltzmann method, for which he has received a number of international awards, including the APS 2017 Aneesur Rahman Prize in Computational Physics, the 2019 CECAM Berni Alder Prize for exceptional contributions to the microscopic simulation of matter. He is an elected member of Academia Europaea (2015) and in 2017 he has been awarded the ERC-AdG "Computational design of mesoscale porous materials".

Causal invariance is a crucial characteristic for any rule of Wolfram Physics.According to Wolfram MathWorld, if a rule is causally invariant, then “no matter which evolution is chosen for a system, the history is the same, in the sense that the same events occur and they have the same causal relationships.”Causal invariance is one of the assumptions Jonathan Gorard needs to make to derive the equations of General Relativity from the hypergraph. That's how crucial it is! Given that not every rule of Wolfram Physics is causally invariant, I asked Jonathan how we find the ones that are.Here, in another excerpt from our recent conversation, is his answer: how to find causally invariant rules.—Jonathan Gorard Jonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics Project Jonathan Gorard at Cardiff University Jonathan Gorard on Twitter The Centre for Applied Compositionality The Wolfram Physics Project People and concepts mentioned by Jonathan Stephen Wolfram Max Piskunov Causal invariance Wolfram Function Repository Wolfram Engine Wolfram Mathematica Wolfram Programming Lab CausalInvariantQ TotalCausalInvariantQ Associative Commutative Automated theorem proving Undecidable problem —I release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Now that I've introduced you to the different kinds of edges that might make up a hypergraph – unary, binary and ternary edges, as well as loops and self-loops – we can have some fun.Some of rules in the Wolfram model give rise to fascinating universes.Today, I'm going to show you a few rules that seem to fabricate space itself in much the same way as knitting needles might fabricate a blanket.And if you think that knitting is a far-fetched analogy, just wait until you see my animations!–I release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Dugan Hammock creates beautiful animations of three-dimensional cross-sections through four-dimensional spaces.But his animations aren't mere mathematical abstractions. He has also applied his geometrical skills to animating the hypergraph of Wolfram Physics, in such a way that it doesn't jump from frame to frame.In this second part of my recent conversation with Dugan, we talk about his extending spring-electrical embedding into an additional time dimension......and we show some of the beautifully smooth animations that come out of it.—Dugan Hammock Dugan Hammock's videos on YouTube Dugan Hammock on Twitter Dugan Hammock at The Wolfram Physics Project Plotting the evolution of a Wolfram Model in 3-dimensions Temporally coherent animations of the evolution of Wolfram Models  People and concepts mentioned by Dugan Coulomb's law Hooke's law Spring-electrical embedding Charles Pooh —I release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Causal invariance is one of the most important concepts in the Wolfram model... and one of the most difficult to capture.So I really wanted to hear Jonathan Gorard's take on it.In this excerpt from our conversation, Jonathan addresses the differences between causal invariance and confluence.Causal invariance means that regardless of the order in which a rule is applied to the hypergraph, the same events occur, with the same causal relationships between them.Confluence, on the other hand, is the coming-together of different branches of the multiway graph.Jonathan explores different ways we might determine whether two nodes, two edges or two hypergraphs are the same, and explains that if we identify nodes and edges according to their causal histories, then causal invariance and confluence become the same idea.I've found myself listening to Jonathan's explanation of causal invariance over and over to make sense of it, but it's one of the areas where I'm convinced Jonathan has a unique contribution to make.—Jonathan Gorard  • Jonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics Project  • Jonathan Gorard at Cardiff University  • Jonathan Gorard on Twitter  • The Centre for Applied Compositionality  • The Wolfram Physics ProjectConcepts mentioned by Jonathan  • Causal invariance  • Multiway system  • Causal structure  • Causal Set Theory  • Directed acyclic graph  • Isomorphic  • Space-like separation  • Simultaneity and simultaneity surfaces in relativity  • Lorentz invariance  • Poincaré invariance  • Conformal invariance  • Diffeomorphism invariance  • General covariance  • Confluence  • Church-Rosser Property—I release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

So many of the most complex and most promising graphs and hypergraphs of Wolfram Physics involve loops and self-loops.They can play a crucial role in the evolution of graphs and hypergraphs... which means that they might play a crucial role in the evolution of the universe itself.Loops and self-loops matter, because including them in our models reduces the number of arbitrary assumptions we need to make in Wolfram Physics, making it more complete.–I release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

Dugan Hammock lives in the fourth dimension.As Jonathan Gorard mentioned in our recent conversation on How to draw the hypergraph in Wolfram Physics, Dugan has worked on plotting the evolution of the hypergraph over time.We get into that in the second part of our conversation, but in this first part, I get to know Dugan as a mathematician and artist.Enjoy his amazing animations of three-dimensional cross-sections through four-dimensional hypershapes!—Dugan Hammock Dugan Hammock's videos on YouTube Dugan Hammock on Twitter Dugan Hammock at The Wolfram Physics Project Plotting the evolution of a Wolfram Model in 3-dimensions Temporally coherent animations of the evolution of Wolfram Models  People mentioned by Dugan Max Cooper George K. Francis William Thurston —I release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

飛碟聯播網《飛碟早餐 唐湘龍時間》2023.02.28 週二醫療保健單元 台灣能源部落格版主 陳立誠 《暖化尚無定論：氣候科學告訴或沒告訴我們的事，為什麼這很重要？》 ※主題：《暖化尚無定論：氣候科學告訴或沒告訴我們的事，為什麼這很重要？》/ 史蒂文．庫寧 / 獨立作家 ※來賓：台灣能源部落格版主 陳立誠 ◎節目介紹： 一位享有盛名的科學家，直球面對長期以來刻意被誤解的資訊以及群眾的盲目恐慌。全書以大量數據輔佐，講述關於氣候變化的科學事實、以及社會可以對這些變化做出的反應。在各種觀點與利益結盟的自我強化下，人民有權選擇客觀的真相！ 「本書可貴之處在於作者經由親身體驗，就近觀察，解釋媒體、政客、科學家、科學機構及環保團體的個別責任，使暖化威脅誤導陷入今日的惡性循環，是造成目前全球陷入『氣候恐慌症侯群』的原因。」──中文版推薦序撰寫人，台灣能源部落格版主陳立誠 ◎來賓介紹：台灣能源部落格版主 陳立誠 庫寧博士目前是紐約大學的教授，在史登商學院（Stern School of Business）、坦頓工程學院（Tandon School of Engineering）和物理系任教。他創建紐約大學城市科學與進步中心，該中心的研究和教育重點是為大城市蒐集、整合和分析大數據。 庫寧博士曾在歐巴馬總統時期擔任美國能源部科學副部長，工作包括氣候研究計畫和能源技術戰略。他是美國能源部戰略計畫（2011年）和首屆能源部四年一度的技術審查（2011年）的主要作者。在加入政府之前，庫寧博士在英國石油公司擔任了五年的首席科學家，研究可再生能源方案。 庫寧博士擁有加州理工學院物理學學士學位和麻省理工學院的理論物理學博士學位。他是1985年經典教科書《計算物理學》（Computational Physics）的作者，該書介紹了建立複雜物理系統的電腦模型方法。他在物理學和天體物理學、科學計算、能源技術和政策以及氣候科學等領域發表了約兩百篇經同行評審的論文，並且是多本長篇報告的主要作者，包括兩份國家學院研究報告。 由2014年開始的一系列文章和講座，庫寧博士主張對氣候和能源事務進行更準確、完整和透明的公共表述。 ▶ 《飛碟早餐》FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufobreakfast/ ▶ 飛碟聯播網FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufonetwork921/ ▶ 網路線上收聽 http://www.uforadio.com.tw/stream/stream.html ▶ 飛碟APP，讓你收聽零距離 IOS：https://reurl.cc/3jYQMV Android：https://reurl.cc/5GpNbR ▶ 飛碟Podcast SoundOn : https://bit.ly/30Ia8Ti Apple Podcasts : https://apple.co/3jFpP6x Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2CPzneD Google 播客：https://bit.ly/3gCTb3G KKBOX：https://reurl.cc/MZR0K4

Menas Kafatos and Dena Argyropoulou talk about the Universal mind, consciousness and meditation.Menas C. Kafatos, Ph.D. (M.I.T.), is the Fletcher Jones Endowed Professor of Computational Physics and Director of the ECHO Institute, Chapman University, Orange, California. He has authored more than 340 refereed publications, and edited/co-authored more than twenty books including NY Times Bestseller You Are the Universe with Deepak Chopra. He is a member of several international academies of science, with research in astrophysics, quantum mechanics, philosophy and consciousness.Ο Μηνάς είναι καθηγητής Υπολογιστικής Φυσικής στο Πανεπιστήμιο Chapman της Καλιφόρνιας και διευθυντής του Κέντρου Αριστείας στα Πρότυπα και Παρατηρήσεις Γεωσυστημάτων, κβαντικός φυσικός και αστροφυσικός. Έχει κάνει co-author το βιβλίο You are the Universe μαζί με τον Deepak Chopra. Μελετάει την αντίληψη της πραγματικότητας, τη συνειδητότητα, την κλιματική αλλαγή, την κβαντική μηχανική και την επίγνωση του νου. Πιστεύει πως ο διαλογισμός είναι ο μόνος τρόπος να εμβαθύνουμε την αντίληψη μας και να ξεκλειδώσουμε το νου μας.Conversations about the power of mindfulness meditation for stress, anxiety, deepening awareness and living with ease. Listen as international teachers and practitioners share their insights on how meditation helped them find clarity, inspiration, creativity, wisdom, strength. Mindfulness is a powerful tool to manage stress, anxiety and the challenges in life with courage and compassion. In each episode you'll learn practical tips on how to start a meditation practice at home, how to face the most common meditation challenges and the power that comes when you work with your mind through mindfulness meditation. Each episode will help inspire you to create the meditation practice you've always wanted! Create the meditation practice you've always wanted with Dena, your personal meditation teacher. https://www.denaargyropoulou.com/sessions re/st your mind νιούζλετερ - διαλογισμός για να ξεκουράσεις το νου σου, ένα email που δεν θα σε αγχώνει. https://denaargyropoulou.substack.com/ GET DENA'S book "CLARITY OF MIND IS POWER: a 5-week journal to support your meditation practice and train your mind to see clearly." https://www.denaargyropoulou.com/book Produced, created and hosted by Dena Argyropoulou. Sound editing and mixing by Dimitris Misirlis at Matrix Recording Studio, Athens, Greece. Song "In a world" written and performed by Tiger Gang. 

Welcome to The Future Humans Podcast with co-hosts Dr. Jean Houston and Dr. Anneloes Smitsman, for meeting with remarkable pioneers from around the world who walk the path of our future human potential. For this episode, Jean and Anneloes talk with the esteemed physicists, Professors Dr. Menas Kafatos and Dr. Sudip Patra as they explore a quantum-like Universe and the fundamental questions of time and consciousness. They talk about a quantum understanding of life and reality, and the foundations of consciousness as fundamental reality out of which emerges the physical Universe and individuated experiences. Prof. Kafatos emphasizes how the powers of the individual being are the same as the universal consciousness, and why consciousness is fundamental for existence, and not just emergent from physical layers of existence. He also explains how it is easier to descend from the nonlocal reality into space and time, but almost impossible the other way. In his words, “You don't form wholeness by putting parts together unless there this is an overall blueprint for what what are doing. We quantum physicist need to emphasise that more.” He further explains how the arrow of time is a huge illusion, and how this is what perhaps creates so many problems in the world. And how the experience of timelessness arises from the nonlocal aspects of consciousness. Prof. Patra explains how modern physics today is still dominated by the doctrines of physicalism (materialism), and why starting from the position of fundamental awareness is essential, and how quantum principles of contextuality-complementarity, nonlocality, and fundamental uncertainty help us gain a better understanding of the nature of reality. He also explains how potentialities are equally real as that which has actualized into concreteness. He offers that the classical and quantum view of reality are complementary views, if we begin from fundamental awareness and start with the infinite. Dr. Menas Kafatos, Ph.D. is The Fletcher Jones Endowed Professor of Computational Physics at Chapman University and is the Founding Dean of the Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman University. He directs the Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling and Observations and published numerous books including The Conscious Universe, and The Creative Cosmos with Deepak Chopra. He grew up on the island of Crete, and has always been fascinated by the vastness of space and questions that relate to the universe. His current focus is on the intersections between science and spirituality, the nature of reality, and quantum implications for everyday life. For more information, visit: https://www.menaskafatos.com/ Dr. Sudip Patra, Ph.D. is living in India and is an Associate Professor there at OP Jindal Global University, and Executive Deputy Director at the Complexity Economics, Applied Spirituality and Public Policy research center. His current focus is on the quantum-like paradigm, quantum foundations, and complexity science applications in economics and social sciences. He is working with Menas on a book project for a wide understanding of quantum-like reality, and with Professor Kauffman on developing a new framework of emergence of the classical world based on affordance, quantum-Zeno effect and de-coherence. For more information visit: https://jgu.edu.in/jsgp/faculty/dr-sudip-patra/ To learn about the Future Humans Trilogy, visit: https://www.futurehumans.world/ To watch the VIDEO VERSION of this podcast and to stay in touch about future episodes, subscribe to the Future Humans Youtube Channel.

Learn about the four fundamental forces that consist of; Gravity, Electromagnetism, and the Strong Nuclear & Weak Nuclear forces. These forces apply to all of our daily activities, resources, motions…. everything! Without these forces, the universe… although it only consists of 5% visible matter… would be a much different place and arguably have no capability of life. After the hot period of the Big Bang, these forces have been the reason for matter in the cosmos. This podcast takes a simplistic approach to introducing these forces. Enjoy! Guest Stars: Dillion Cottril; Dillion holds two degrees from West Virginia University in Physics and Economics, and is currently pursuing a masters in Physics. In reference to Physics, Dillion started the West Virginia University Quantum Technology club, and has worked for Inside Quantum Technology as a market analyst. In his free time, he enjoys playing video games and reading. Eva Beeching; Eva graduated with a BS in Computational Physics in May 2021 from Slippery Rock University. Currently, she is pursuing a PhD in applied physics and materials science at Northern Arizona University. Eva is also a Researcher at the Center for Materials and Interfaces Research and Applications (MIRA), where she works on gold nanoclusters for biological systems.

Everything STEAM discussed past & present examples of female achievements in STEM fields, as well as the importance in having female involvement! The end of the podcast features advice from our Guest Stars for women pursuing STEM careers! Women in STEM is absolutely paramount to the further success of science, technology, engineering & mathematics. In essence, Women bring features to the forefront of innovations that are crucial such as compassion, detail, multitasking abilities & much more. It is mission critical to have different perspectives in the process of the scientific method. When you have a closed room with a narrow minded approach, a lot of concepts can become neglected by human nature. With a more diverse crowd, the sky is the absolute limit for humanity. As a society we need Women to continue to pour into the STEM fields. Guest Stars Include: Evangeline Beeching; Eva graduated with a BS in Computational Physics in May 2021 from Slippery Rock University. Currently, she is pursuing a PhD in applied physics and materials science at Northern Arizona University. Eva is also an Researcher at the Center for Materials and Interfaces Research and Applications (MIRA), where she works on gold nanoclusters for biological systems. Shelby Schreckenberg; Shelby is a student at Missouri University of Science & Technology pursuing a dual bachelor's in Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering. If that wasn't cool enough for you, Shelby is also a NASA Intern! Anna Will;Anna has a bachelors of Science in Chemistry with a focus in biochemistry from Slippery Rock University. Right now, she is a second year student at West Coast University in Los Angeles California pursuing a Doctorate in Pharmacy!

Cris Doloc functions as a Director, Advisor to StockOdds, Inc. Cris Doloc is an accomplished Quantitative & Computational Scientist, team and platform builder, and currently teaches at the University of Chicago Financial Mathematics Department "Case Studies in Computing for Finance". Cris Doloc holds a Ph.D. in Computational Physics and has worked for more than two decades at the intersection of Quantitative and Computational Finance. He is an accomplished technology leader who designed and led the implementation of several firm-wide trading, valuation and risk systems. Cris' expertise extends from enterprise software architecture, to High Performance Computing and Quantitative trading. He is very passionate about the opportunities that recent developments in Cognitive Computing and Computational Intelligence could bring to the field of Quantitative and Computational Finance. Cris Doloc has spent the last two decades in the field of Computational Finance working for several top-tier financial firms. As such Cris has been the Chief Technology Officer of Terra-Nova Financial, the Head of Valuation Infrastructure at Chicago Trading Company and the Founder & Principal of Quantras Research Ltd. Cris Doloc is the Authour of "Applications of Computational Intelligence in Data-Driven Trading" - Available on Amazon https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0813ZSNKK/ref=rdrkindleext_tmb

Sorcha Healy is Principal Engineer and Lead Data Scientist with McAfee. In her current role she leads Machine and Deep Learning research in Big Fast Cybersecurity data. Her role also incorporates real time streaming analytics and business intelligence. A brilliant mathematician, she has a PhD in Computational Physics and spent over 7 years undertaking post doctoral research on quantum computing in materials science. This is a fascinating discussion which explores the role of analytics in the fight against cyber crime.