https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2024/10/on-the-nature-of-time/
Stephen's "Ruliad" looks and smells to me like Bruno's Universal Dovetailer, and quite likely the same object that I call the "Nothing" in my book "Theory of Nothing". He seems to have rediscovered many of the things we've discussed on this list over the years. On the other hand, his concept of "branchial space" being knitted into something like the spacetime described by Einstein's equations seems novel to me, and smells about right, so I think he is worth listening to. Also his comments on computational irreducibility and bounded computational ability of observers is also rarely discussed (I leaned on those notions in my resolution of the White Rabbit problem), and his takes on those matters seem fresh to me. I know Stephen is a controversial figure - the only person I know to have met him personally described him as an arsehole, or words to that effect. My response to her is that he might be an arsehole, but he's a genius level arsehole. That was well before his NKS book. His biggest problem is not acknowledging contributions by others, effectively claiming vast tracts of academic knowledge for himself. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders [email protected] http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/ZyVoZj2fDY3NgTZG%40zen.
