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Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (07:50) - What is complexity
  (20:51) - Randomness in the universe
  (25:12) - The Wolfram Physics Project
  (37:14) - Space and time are discrete
  (49:19) - Quantum mechanics and hypergraphs
  (58:33) - What is intelligence
  (1:09:16) - Computational equivalence
  (1:17:36) - What it is like to be a cellular automata
  (1:32:00) - Making prediction vs explanations
  (1:45:20) - Why does the universe exist
  (1:51:01) - The universe and rulial space
  (1:59:44) - Does an atom have consciousness
  (2:10:10) - Why does our universe exist
  (2:18:41) - What is outside the ruliad
  (2:29:15) - Automated proof systems
  (2:45:10) - Multicomputation for biology
  (3:03:41) - Cardano NFT collaboration with Wolfram Alpha
  (3:10:41) - Global theory of economics

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