E81 - Wolfram on philosophy
Published: March 22, 2026
Duration: 7:19
Stephen Wolfram has many philosophical ideas, but I’ve not heard him talk about pure philosophy.
When I asked him about the relationship between physics and philosophy, I understood why.
Stephen revealed that he’s much more at home in the concrete world of computer experiments than in the arguments of the philosophers.
“When I look at the arguments,” he says, “I can’t tell if they make sense or not. There’s too much wiggling...”
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Stephen Wolfram
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