
E64 - The first wow for Stephen Wolfram
Published: January 9, 2025
Duration: 8:52
Stephen Wolfram reveals that his first major wow along the path towards a fundamental theory of physics was his realization that General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics are the same theory, played out in different kinds of space.
Many other dominos have fallen along the way, from the derivation of Einstein’s equations to applications of the ruliad beyond physics.
But the aspect of Wolfram Physics that Stephen Wolfram himself finds maybe the most compelling is this mirroring of the two pillars of twentieth century physics.
Perhaps General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics aren’t as i...