Jonathan Gorard: Quantum Gravity & Wolfram Physics Project

Jonathan Gorard joins Theories of Everything to delve into the foundational principles of the Wolfram Physics Project. Additionally, we explore its connections to category theory, quantum gravity, and the significance of the observer in physics.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:28 - Interview Begins
00:11:21 - HD Model And Constructor Theory
00:22:27 - Set Theory and Category Theory
00:33:52 - Algebraic Structure
00:55:47 - Causality and Computational Irreducibility
01:07:54 - General Change and General Relativity
01:19:05 - Scientific Publishing
01:37:42 - The Problem with Entropy
02:03:34 - Stone Duality
02:26:16 - Science and Spirituality
02:48:00 - Limitations Of Computational Models
02:57:21 - Outro

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:28 - Interview Begins
00:11:21 - HD model And Constructivism Theory
00:22:27 - Set Theory and Category Theory
00:33:52 - Algebraic Structure
00:55:47 - Causality and Computational Irreducibility
01:07:54 - General Change and General Relativity
01:19:05 - Scientific Publishing
01:41:42 - Gas Kinetics
01:53:10 - Interesting Results
02:03:34 - Stone Duality
02:26:16 - Science and Spirituality
02:48:00 - Limitations Of Computational Models
02:57:21 - Outro

[famistudio]

This is one of your best episode so far. Please make Jonathan a regular guest!

[Contang]

The whole interview was wonderful. Can't claim to understand much of it, however it's clear Jonathan is a significant amount of the brains behind 'Wolfram's' project. He's obviously incredibly intelligent and well researched, but the best parts of the interview were how humble, measured, thoughtful and candid he is, all rare traits and incredibly refreshing to listen to. I'm hoping you get him back on at some point, he deserves all the attention he has coming his way, which is surely a great amount. Thanks both.

[Timesend]

I’m a factory worker and have no qualifications in anything science or maths related but I love this talk and all things related to it. It’s awesome.

[Self-Duality]

Having conversed with Jonathan both on and off camera, I’ve had the luxury of directly experiencing his mind’s unique blend of creativity, rationality, humility, and authenticity. What an inspiration!

He’s the real life Jimmy Neutron!

[GreySectoid]

Excellent interview, Jonathan is quickly becoming my favorite physicist, surpassing even some of the living legends of modern physics.

As a someone who was born in front of a computer, graduated from computer science I have always thought that intuitively that there must exist a discrete model for physics, I am glad someone is finally figuring it out. All these concepts that Jonathan is talking about immediately make sense to me, he has an extraordinary ability to distill the concepts to the very essence, there's never a dull moment when he speaks. Please do a follow up interview soon.

[FigmentHF]

This gentleman really is an exemplary scientist. Brave, honest, humble and staggeringly smart. He seems very genuine and aware of the psychological pitfalls that we need to avoid on the way to finding out something that is “true”

[liminally-spacious]

Such a great interview. Jonathan made these topics really approachable while also bringing awesome energy.

[MarkoTManninen]

First 18 minutes, solid, lucid opening. I am glad you finally got Jonathan to the program.

[cryoshakespeare]

Probably one of my favourite ToE episodes so far (though the qualities of each are largely incomparable), this has been a blast to watch. Thank you both for doing this!

[SB]

Keep your eye on this brilliant young man! Thanks Curt

[fabienleguen]

Hi new subscriber here ! I discovered Wolfram Physic Project following a retweet on twitter then learn about it, then discovered Jonathan Gorard work and few interviews with him on YouTube. Then I followed him on twitter and then discovered this Youtube Channel which seem to be very interesting for me (an engineer and Maths and Physics nerd). I enjoyed the interview ! Nice questions from the guest who seems to have advanced knowledge on maths and physics and as always, an inspiring and very kind and polite Jonathan Gorard. In this interview, I discovered the existence of non hermitian quantum mechanics which hyped me ! and category theory showed up again and seems even more important than I originally thought. So I am definitely going to deep dive on those subjects on my free time in the near future. Thank your very much for sharing those valuable discussions !

[monocles.IcedPeaksOfFire]

❤ What a tempo!
How consistent and invigorating(!)
Filling time with sense, value
and creativity.
Thanks for such intellectual
stimulation!

[primetimedurkheim]

I've been waiting years for this one - Great work, Curt!

[jyjjy]

Been waiting for one of the bigger channels to get Jonathan on, great discussion.

If anyone wants more I highly recommend his conversation with Wolfram titled the hyporuliad

[neoepicurean]

2:24:55 Congrats on that compliment Curt. Gorard concisely formulated what I also appreciate about your podcast.

[JohnnyComelately-ebzv]

Refreshing and astonishing admission from Jonathan at 1 hr 29 minutes. Bravo. 👏

[brandonb]

I’ll have to finish this weekend and I am looking forward to it.
My first impression is that it is wonderful to see a brilliant young mind that is OPEN and has not been corrupted by “celebrity”; this gives me hope.
I would also say that analogy of relating the Universe to the Tech of the time is a mature understanding. There is a “constant” that transcends all Tech, it’s called NATURE…a “restore point” that we should never delete.
Have a great weekend!🤙🏼✌🏼😊

[leslieg]

I watch TOA every day ✨ Thank you for all that you do for your audience and thanks to all the guests that come and share knowledge ⚡️

[benjaminbeard]

Been looking forward to this one.
Thanks for another thought provoking conversation Curt. Your fine work doesnt go unnoticed.