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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
#322 – Rana el Kaliouby: Emotion AI, Social Robots, and Self-Driving Cars
#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality
#320 – Christopher Capozzola: World War I, Ideology, Propaganda, and Politics
#319 – Botez Sisters: Chess, Streaming, and Fame
#318 – Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness
#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom
#316 – Noam Chomsky: Putin, Ukraine, China, and Nuclear War
#315 – Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time
#314 – Liv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk
#313 – Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame, and Meaning
#312 – Duncan Trussell: Comedy, Sentient Robots, Suffering, Love & Burning Man
#311 – Magatte Wade: Africa, Capitalism, Communism, and the Future of Humanity
#310 – Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy
#309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets
#308 – Ryan Graves: UFOs, Fighter Jets, and Aliens
#307 – Brian Armstrong: Coinbase, Cryptocurrency, and Government Regulation
#306 – Oriol Vinyals: Deep Learning and Artificial General Intelligence
#305 – Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang
#304 – Bishop Robert Barron: Christianity and the Catholic Church
#303 – Steve Keen: Marxism, Capitalism, and Economics
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