> >> * > My scepticism is this: is anything being gained in terms of >> explanatory power? * > > > Although quite interesting so far Stephen Wolfram cellular automation > ideas have been no help whatsoever to physicists, but perhaps someday they > may be, maybe someday we'll find that quarks behave the way they do because > of some simple cellular automation at work inside them, but even if that > day comes to pass you're still not going to be able to make a Turing > machine, or anything else, with just a definition. >
I just gave a TedX talk on this topic (https://youtu.be/HhNnnKV-h_Q) but, in short, Wolfram's ideas about the ruliad are extremely helpful for formalizing physics as a set of transformations and, as such, you can begin to create a ruleset and test various variations. We are doing this starting with a physics engine (i.e. a procedurally generated game worlds with variables physics playable in various game engines including UE5), but the implication is you can potentially test various rulesets and see what coheres into a meaningful and observable phenomena. In that sense, this is like a testing kit to see what other dimensions are possible. > ewg > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Jason, >> >> This is really interesting, thanks for sharing. Since Wolfram started >> going in this direction, something that occurs to me is this: hypergraphs >> are perhaps one of the most general mathematical constructs that can be >> conceived of. Almost everything else can be seen as a special case of >> hypergraphs. Like you say, with the update rules, we shouldn't be surprised >> if they are equivalent to the UD. My scepticism is this: is anything being >> gained in terms of explanatory power? Should we be surprised that such a >> powerful representation can contain the rules of our reality? I do admit >> that I have to study these ideas in more detail, and there is something >> really compelling about hypergraphs + update rules. >> >> "As soon as one starts talking about “running programs” some people will >> immediately ask “On what computer?” But a key intellectual point is that >> computational processes can ultimately be defined completely abstractly, >> without reference to anything like a physical computer. " >> >> Oh boy, John Clark is not going to like this :) >> >> Telmo. >> >> Am Do, 11. Aug 2022, um 20:35, schrieb Jason Resch: >> >> >> https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2021/04/why-does-the-universe-exist-some-perspectives-from-our-physics-project/ >> >> >> I found this fascinating. It appears to have many similarities with the >> type of physical reality that emerges from then universal dovetailer, with >> new ways of explaining it and some new insights. >> >> Jason >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUiFsW5z1nPmXdZUNS2_StB%2B_cZjP5tX6gTndExtfxJOvg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUiFsW5z1nPmXdZUNS2_StB%2B_cZjP5tX6gTndExtfxJOvg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/3c907042-e54c-44e2-8969-6d02cd2db5b4%40www.fastmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/3c907042-e54c-44e2-8969-6d02cd2db5b4%40www.fastmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3pjHXLeB7tqGEC2sZ8-3z%3D-LcS5VhT6TuOTeHSpdnNzQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3pjHXLeB7tqGEC2sZ8-3z%3D-LcS5VhT6TuOTeHSpdnNzQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAHWbU%3DYvSDmh970LTDogfM4Wub2te4GhAOeNJFLjgqoELYLShg%40mail.gmail.com.
