Why does the universe exist? | Stephen Wolfram and Lex Fridman

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Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist.

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[Cu-Co]

At the start of the video i was all like "what's this about" But by the end of the video i was like "what's this about"

[ilikejamesbrown]

Sometimes Lex sounds like an exhausted and slightly agitated drunk person who just wants to go to sleep 😂

[mikeheffernan]

"Science says, 'Just give us one free miracle, and we can explain everything else.'" -- Terrence McKenna on the "Big Bang" Theory

[Tusky-lnjr]

Every-time I begin to think I’m a reasonably intelligent person I come across conversations like this and realize how limited I am…..really humbling

[dforce]

Love listening to these guys! They have no idea how or why the universe is here.

[cass]

I get imposter syndrome just watching lex's interviews sometimes

[KrattarKrattar]

This man can’t spit out one single fkin sentence that’s easy for me. It frustrates me, it impresses me. But mostly confuses me.

[gregjones]

It's impossible to speak in lay terms from his level. But hey I still love it even though he loses me after 2 seconds

[TheNaturalLawInstitute]

Wolfram has a difficult time explaining in mathematical and computable terms what is relatively easy in evolutionary terms: that in a competition of all possible rules, only some small combination of compatible rules will survive by producing increases in compatibility we express as recombination of stable relations of what we call energy, eventually manifesting in mass.

[losboston]

This is likely fascinating and true! We'll know after the English translation.

[bhushankaduful]

He clearly needs DMT to understand infinite perceptions he's trying to make sense of.

[chewyismycopilot]

This is just a rough estimate but Stephan Wolfram’s head is about 7 percent too big for his body

[spinfrost]

In the beginning god said "Let there be formal systems"

[emolasher]

In this model does our universe sit within a specific coordinate, does the universe overlay the rules, or possibly does the universe move through the rules.

[TobyZobell]

I would LOVE if Lex had David Deutsche on his podcast. Some of this reminded me of his work. Anyways great clip at tackling the big questions!

[achaiaha]

So this doesn't really answer the question. The universe may be a certain perception of the evolution of rules but who or what is running this computation? Why is there matter at all? Something out of nothing? Why is there math and why does 2+2 = 4 regardless of time?

[Bnelen]

I love how relentlessly Wolfram pursues explaining the ruliad.

[joshjohnston]

These Stephen Wolfram episodes are my favorite by far.

[alanarcher]

I feel like a gecko trying to understand the moon

[ktrethewey]

I am an old scientist. In my career when there were two competing theories, it was usually found that both were true. Stephen’s life-changing ideas miraculously seem to bring many of the traditional theories of physics into one theory of everything. It’s stupendously brilliant.