Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. This is our second conversation on the podcast.

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OUTLINE:00:00 - Introduction07:14 - Key moments in history of physics12:43 - Philosophy of science14:37 - Science and computational reducibility22:08 - Predicting the pandemic38:58 - Sunburn moment with Wolfram Alpha39:46 - Computational irreducibility46:45 - Theory of everything52:41 - General relativity1:01:16 - Quantum mechanics1:06:46 - Unifying the laws of physics1:12:01 - Wolfram Physics Project1:29:53 - Emergence of time1:34:11 - Causal invariance1:53:03 - Deriving physics from simple rules on hypergraphs2:07:24 - Einstein equations2:13:04 - Simulating the physics of the universe2:17:28 - Hardware specs of the simulation2:24:37 - Quantum mechanics in Wolfram physics model2:42:46 - Double-slit experiment2:45:13 - Quantum computers2:53:21 - Getting started with Wolfram physics project3:14:46 - The rules that created our universe3:24:22 - Alien intelligences3:32:29 - Meta-mathematics3:37:58 - Why is math hard?3:52:55 - Sabine Hossenfelder and how beauty leads physics astray4:01:07 - Eric Weinstein and Geometric Unity4:06:17 - Travel faster than speed of light4:16:59 - Why does the universe exist at all