Jonathan Gorard: the complete first interview

0:00 The complete first interview 0:17 The founding of the Wolfram Physics Project 13:32 From clockwork to computation 23:09 Why I took a chance on Wolfram Physics 31:29 Why hypergraphs might be a good model of the universe 40:51 Graphs v hypergraphs 46:40 How to draw the hypergraph 53:43 Why I changed my mind about computational irreducibility 1:02:38 Causal invariance v confluence 1:14:51 How to find causally invariant rules 1:18:49 How to find interesting & plausible rules 1:25:57 One rule to rule them all? 1:32:00 Is the universe a tautology? 1:41:09 How to derive quantum mechanics from Wolfram Physics 1:55:32 How to derive general relativity from Wolfram Physics 2:07:54 How _special_ is general relativity? 2:12:51 A toy model of particles 2:19:19 Are electrons too big to simulate? 2:23:47 Where's the evidence for Wolfram Physics? 2:36:51 Beyond physics I’ve heard from many of you that you’d like the whole of my conversation with Jonathan Gorard in a single video. So here it is, the complete first interview. These three hours are a brilliant exposition of Wolfram Physics from a figure whose contributions to the project are second to none. — Jonathan Gorard • Jonathan Gorard at The Wolfram Physics Project https://www.wolframphysics.org/people/jonathan-gorard/ • Jonathan Gorard on Twitter https://twitter.com/getjonwithit • The Centre for Applied Compositionality http://www.appliedcompositionality.com/ • The Wolfram Physics Project https://www.wolframphysics.org/ A full list of links to the research, concepts and people mentioned by Jonathan is at https://lasttheory.com/channel/059-jonathan-gorard-the-complete-first-interview Images • Calabi–Yau manifold https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CalabiYau5.jpg by Andrew J. Hanson, Indiana University, who allows use with attribution • Feynman diagram https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feynmann_Diagram_Gluon_Radiation.svg by Joel Holdsworth, public domain • John von Neumann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JohnvonNeumann-LosAlamos.gif – Los Alamos National Laboratory • Stanisław Ulam https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stanislaw_Ulam.tif – Los Alamos National Laboratory • Wolf-Rayet nebula https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-astro-exotic.html – Nebula surrounding the Wolf-Rayet star WR124 in the constellation Sagittarius. (Produced with the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2, Hubble Space Telescope.) – NASA https://www.nasa.gov/ – NSSDCA Photo Gallery https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/ – Yves Grosdidier (University of Montreal and Observatoire de Strasbourg), Anthony Moffat (Universitie de Montreal), Gilles Joncas (Universite Laval), Agnes Acker (Observatoire de Strasbourg) – Public domain https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-faq.html#use • Stele from Retortillo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stele_from_Retortillo.jpg by Emilio Gómez Fernández https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tony_Rotondas licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en • Spinning and chargend black hole with accretion disk https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spinning_and_chargend_black_hole_with_accretion_disk.jpg by Simon Tyran, Vienna (Симон Тыран) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Yukterez licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en • Альфред Грэй в Греции https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Альфред_Грэй_в_Греции.jpg by AlionaKo licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en • Crab Nebula, as seen by Herschel and Hubble https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia17563-crab-nebula-as-seen-by-herschel-and-hubble – courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ – credit: ESA/Herschel/PACS/MESS Key Programme Supernova Remnant Team; NASA, ESA and Allison Loll/Jeff Hester (Arizona State University) – reproduced under JPL Image Use Policy https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/jpl-image-use-policy For images from the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Unless otherwise indicated, this information has been authored by an employee or employees of the Triad National Security, LLC, operator of the Los Alamos National Laboratory with the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Government has rights to use, reproduce, and distribute this information. The public may copy and use this information without charge, provided that this Notice and any statement of authorship are reproduced on all copies. Neither the Government nor Triad makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility for the use of this information. — The Last Theory https://lasttheory.com/ is hosted by Mark Jeffery https://markjeffery.com/ founder of Open Web Mind https://www.openwebmind.com/ Prefer to listen to the audio? Search for The Last Theory in your podcast player, or listen at https://lasttheory.com/podcast/059-jonathan-gorard-the-complete-first-interview Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.