Where's the evidence for Wolfram Physics? with Jonathan Gorard

I asked Jonathan Gorard the question I’m asked the most: can the Wolfram model make testable predictions about reality, predictions that differ from those of general relativity and quantum mechanics, predictions that might prove that Wolfram Physics is right?

Jonathan showed how the Wolfram model might shed light on some of the most mysterious phenomena of our universe, from black hole inspirals to quantum entanglement.

He focused on four areas where the class of theories encompassed by the Wolfram model might predict observable phenomena:
1. Cosmological consequences of global dimension change
2. Astrophysical consequences of local dimension change
3. Discretization effects during extreme astrophysical events
4. Quantum mechanical effects such as maximum entanglement speed

These dozen minutes of my conversation with Jonathan were dense with insights into Wolfram Physics, a true pleasure to revisit!

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Jonathan Gorard

Concepts mentioned by Jonathan

People mentioned by Jonathan:

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Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.

[IncompleteTheory]

Absolutely fantastic episode. For the first time I was actually able to follow Jonathan, albeit on an abstract level. The man is an absolute genius, a great communicator (much better even than Stephen, if I dare say) and I find it amazing how he is downplaying his abilities at the end. A trained mathematicatian, he appears to have fully grasped all relevant physical concepts needed for his research. Thanks again for uploading this!

[LiamHaleMcCarty]

Gorard is the unsung engine of this project. Wolfram is doing philosophy and marketing more than physics at this point. But Gorard is the real deal

[davidoros]

The value of the wolfram phisics is, this research is looking for a primordial geometric development of the chords, and not the mathematical configuration, the after analysis of the shapes will bring the mathematical relationships

[daxxonjabiru]

"Humans are at their most endearing when they attempt to understand subjects beyond their reasoning skills." -Anon
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[stormosone]

Wow, this is one of my favorite videos yet! Thank you so much for sharing!

[LiamHaleMcCarty]

It’d be nice if you put the date of the original interview in the description (since I think it was awhile ago), so we can map it to what the state of the project was at the time

[sproccoli]

well this answers a question I have had for a long time: "what is the concrete significance of dimensionality?". I always though it just made the data more or less comprehensible, but here he mentions that things occupying a higher dimensional space are more likely to have 'lower density' (longer reaching) connections. Because dimensions literally add degrees of connectedness to the space. in a one dimensional space the only connections are ordered connections: the strength of your connectedness is a function of your distance along this one dimension. If you fold that dimension on itself, you can now connect more strongly across the fold and 'skip' all of the intervening space between what would otherwise be distant places in lower dimensions.

[tjghinder]

I appreciate these videos so much. Thanks to both of you for keeping this going!!

[IKARUSBLOODYWINGS]

It is funny how the other guy's only interaction during the whole conversation is "yeah, yeah, yeah" 😂. I enjoyed the video, thank you !

[danpollard]

Are you able to do a video where you break down what all these words mean to a layman ! Its unbelievable how I understand every word he says but i understand nothing if im honest, very very impressive human !

[ricodelta]

I'm actually not that optimistic myself. Just seems like he took a branch out of string theory and ran with it

[rubenpalma]

Thanks and congratulations for an interesting video - again.
Quoting: "Asking if Wolfram Physics can make predictions is the same (or like) asking if Calculus can make predictions."
AFAIK, Calculus, in connection with other tools, can be used in different contexts (economics, engineering, biology, chemistry, etc) to make specific predictions.
Can Wolfram Physics be used in the same way now? Or is it still on a development stage?

[johnstack]

If I understand, he's suggesting that we can discard inflation theory if we assume there are infinite dimensions at the the beginning of the universe that then "cool down" to fewer dimensions as the universe expands. As far as I know that hypothesis that has not been mathematically formulated let alone one that makes testable predictions. Good luck getting that idea published in a peer reviewed scientific journal.

[SystemsMedicine]

By the way, Wolfram was a (physics) student in the 1970s, not a ‘1st class particle physicist’. There is a huge difference between these groups of people.

[thailandretromods]

I almost hung on through this! Felt like my brain was grappling hooked onto a rocket! 😂

[steverobbins]

I've recently been faced with evidence of the multiverse. When I opened a fortune cookie, there where TWO contradictory messages inside!

[StephenPaulKing]

Speed of maximal entanglement seems to apply to decoherence ideas!

[dpie]

Excellent video. I have been thinking about the possibility that all physics or nature is fundamentally emerging from pure mathematics or geometry. That the world emerges from some simple fractal like algorithms. But also that all physical causal effects are “calculated” or comes out from mathematical relationships…similar to a computer generated world. If this is the case there might be a certain latency in all physical processes as there must be some “calculations” taking place before it can happen. This latency is most likely ridiculous small but perhaps there is a way to find some latency in some physical process. I think this is what Jonathan alluded to when he talked about entangled particles and the geometric relationships causing certain delays….Am I right?

[alexanderseton]

Sure! Let’s invent more dimensions and assume that they have many supposed properties, let’s also assume a dimensional cooling on the higher dimension, add some sophisticated maths, and bum: there you have it, you invented string theory.
Or even better, let’s do calculations on the possibilities of all possibilities in an N-dimension manifold system where everything is possible, let’s remove any physical meaning and bum: hypergraph theory.
Sounds like bad science to me 😅

[nUrnxvmhTEuU]

I feel like the channel's title "The Last Theory" is exactly one of the things Gorard complained about. Deceitful PR that implies it's an actual physical theory, when in fact it's a formalism