Wolfram Physics Project: Category Theory Meets Computational Irreducibility

This is a Wolfram Physics Project working session about category theory and computational irreducibility. Begins at 3:12

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[badwolf]

seeing wolfram struggle learning category theory makes me feel better about being befuddled learning when it myself

[danielm]

All of this is way over my head but I listen to it in the background of working on other things. It's hypnotic in a way.

[Perseus]

i love that stephan is asking so much, i understand way better because of the deep digging and clear asking and answering. thanks

[VladimirRomanovsky-Errdonald]

Time stamp 3:12 is for the start of the video

[tarkajedi]

Brilliant video !!! Second time watching it and still struggling!!!

[HURSAs]

Working session: ...critical paired lemmas
Me: Watching the video like a critically impaired lama.

P.S. I really enjoy how different topics get intertwined with each other.

[mikhailfranco]

From around ~2:35... John Baez has some nice blogs about _Thermodynamics and Wick Rotation, _ _A Spring in Imaginary Time, _ and what he calls _Quantropy._ Originally blogs and discussion on _n-Category Cafe_ from 2010-12, then a _Quantropy_ paper on the arXiv 2013-2019.

[tarkajedi]

I always feel like the dog chasing the mailmen!!!
These men always deliver !!!!

[HamCar]

This is a very great stream that heats up about halfway. I detect a begrudging tone from Wolfram as he sees he is inevitably drifting towards Penrose’s Orch OR quantum consciousness dark side. Give in! Jonathan is clearly already there. I don’t understand why people say it is silly to think that the brain operates via quantum effects. I say it is silly to think it does not, that it is somehow not ultimately built out of the smallest pieces!

[tarkajedi]

Category theory is still doing my head in !!!
I understand how this is interesting but how does this help us take the Wolfram model further???
I feel like a chimp doing sign language!!!
Can anyone help answer how it links in? Forgive this chimps confusion?

[marshacd]

I found this painful to listen to. Participants don't seem to be firmly in control with the elementary concepts of category theory. Surely I'm wrong here.