I've been looking at this recently, and insofar as I understand what you and he are saying, I agree with you. This graphic in particular - which happens to be how far I've got after reading ""The Concept of the Ruliad <https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2021/11/the-concept-of-the-ruliad/>" - seems to relate to a "Brunoesque" approach.
https://content.wolfram.com/sites/43/2021/04/existence-of-universe-a-5.png Concerning Wolfram's arseholery and possible genius level, this isn't too surprising when you consider what Isaac Newton was like (by all accounts). On Saturday 2 November 2024 at 12:47:01 UTC+13 Russell Standish wrote: > 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/cb2af7df-a3e2-46f0-90e5-281abd5e1105n%40googlegroups.com.
