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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:50) – What is complexity
(20:51) – Randomness in the universe
(25:12) – The Wolfram Physics Project
(37:14) – Space and time are discrete
(49:19) – Quantum mechanics and hypergraphs
(58:33) – What is intelligence
(1:09:16) – Computational equivalence
(1:17:36) – What it is like to be a cellular automata
(1:32:00) – Making prediction vs explanations
(1:45:20) – Why does the universe exist
(1:51:01) – The universe and rulial space
(1:59:44) – Does an atom have consciousness
(2:10:10) – Why does our universe exist
(2:18:41) – What is outside the ruliad
(2:29:15) – Automated proof systems
(2:45:10) – Multicomputation for biology
(3:03:41) – Cardano NFT collaboration with Wolfram Alpha
(3:10:41) – Global theory of economics
#202 – Rick Doblin: Psychedelics
#201 – Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System
#200 – Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and Anarchy
#199 – Roger Reaves: Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel
#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds
#197 – Jocko Willink: War, Leadership, and Discipline
#196 – Yeonmi Park: North Korea
#195 – Clara Sousa-Silva: Searching for Signs of Life on Venus and Other Planets
#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic
#193 – Rob Reid: The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses and Lab Leaks
#192 – Charles Hoskinson: Cardano
#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction
#190 – Jordan Ellenberg: Mathematics of High-Dimensional Shapes and Geometries
#189 – David Sinclair: Extending the Human Lifespan Beyond 100 Years
#188 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0
#187 – Frank Wilczek: Physics of Quarks, Dark Matter, Complexity, Life & Aliens
#186 – Bryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces
#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning
#184 – Katherine de Kleer: Planets, Moons, and Asteroids in Our Solar System
#183 – Po-Shen Loh: Mathematics, Math Olympiad, Combinatorics & Contact Tracing
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