The Last Theory

So many of the most complex and most promising graphs and hypergraphs of Wolfram Physics involve loops and self-loops.

They can play a crucial role in the evolution of graphs and hypergraphs... which …

Dugan Hammock lives in the fourth dimension.

As Jonathan Gorard mentioned in our recent conversation on How to draw the hypergraph in Wolfram Physics, Dugan has worked on plotting the evolution of the…

Computational irreducibility means that there are no shortcuts when we apply rules to the hypergraph.

I used to think that our existing theories of physics, such as general relativity and quantum mech…

There are two questions about Wolfram Physics I’m asked a lot:

What’s beyond the hypergraph?

And what’s between the nodes and edges of the hypergraph?

There’s a simple answer to this question.

Nothing.

Th…

The hypergraph is the universe.

So if we want to see the universe, we need only draw the hypergraph.

The question is: how?

The nodes and edges of the hypergraph are determined by the rules of Wolfram Ph…

What is the Big Bang in Wolfram Physics?

There’s a straightforward answer to that question.

It’s the point in the evolution of the universe where the hypergraph goes from nothing to something.

It’s the …

Here’s a slightly technical question:

Does Wolfram Physics really need hypergraphs?

Or could it based on graphs instead?

Jonathan Gorard shares some interesting insights into the evolution of Stephen Wo…

I’ve been blown away by your response to The Last Theory in 2022.

How am I going to thank you for reading, listening, watching and subscribing?

Well, by bringing you more Wolfram Physics in the New Yea…

Wolfram Physics is based on hypergraphs.

Why?

What is it about hypergraphs that might make them a better model of the universe than, say, strings of characters, or cellular automata, or Turing machines…

For the last few hundred years, all our theories of physics have been mathematical.

If Stephen Wolfram is right, from now on, our most fundamental theories of physics may be computational.

This shift f…

Jonathan Gorard admits that it was a risk, for his academic career, to work on the Wolfram Physics project.

In this third excerpt from my recent conversation with Jonathan, I asked him how he thought …

In Episode 15: Where to apply Wolfram’s rules? (listen to the audio ⋅ watch the video ⋅ read the article) I introduced a radical idea.

When we’re applying a rule to a graph in Wolfram Physics, there a…

This is the second of a series of excerpts from my recent conversation with Jonathan Gorard, who was instrumental in the founding of The Wolfram Physics Project.

I asked Jonathan why he found the comp…

In my conversation with Jonathan Gorard about the founding of the Wolfram Physics Project, I said that I don’t like String Theory.

Now, I’ll admit, I don’t really understand String Theory.

It’s highly …

In 2019, Jonathan Gorard and Max Piskunov goaded Stephen Wolfram into pursuing his ideas for a new kind of science.

This led to the announcement of The Wolfram Physics Project in 2020.

Last week, I tal…

Wolfram Physics models the universe as a hypergraph.

Maybe I’m just seeing things, but it seems to me that hypergraphs are everywhere: physics, chemistry, biology, neurology, ecology, sociology, techn…

As you’ll know from Episode 8: Where’s the computer that runs the universe? ( read ⋅ listen ⋅ watch ), I have my doubts about the existence of a computer that’s whirring away, applying Wolfram’s rule…

Here are answers to some fundamental questions about hypergraphs:

A hyperedge can connect any number of nodes: one, two, three, four, seventeen or any other number.

And a hypergraph can include any of …

In previous episodes, I’ve been simulating Wolfram Physics using graphs.

But you may have come across simulations of Wolfram Physics using hypergraphs.

What’s the difference?

What is a hypergraph?

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This …

Confession time: I haven’t been entirely honest with you about applying a rule to a graph in Wolfram Physics.

I’ve explained precisely how to apply a rule, but I’ve been strangely silent when it comes…