Legendary Physicist Stephen Wolfram Is Modeling Our Universe, and He Needs Your Help

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Legendary Physicist Stephen Wolfram Is Modeling Our Universe, and He Needs Your Help
April 14, 2020
https://www.popularmechanics.com/sc...-physics-project-fundamental-theory-universe/

With decades of work at the intersection of time, space, and elementary particles under his belt, Stephen Wolfram believes he's close to discovering how the universe works—or, at least, the fundamental law of physics that makes all of our other laws of physics tick.

So the 60-year-old computer scientist, businessman, and physicist has launched "The Wolfram Physics Project" to crowdsource that work with some of the best minds in the world.

"In many ways it's the ultimate question in natural science: How does our universe work? Is there a fundamental theory? An incredible amount has been figured out about physics over the past few hundred years," Wolfram writes in a blog post.
"But even with everything that's been done—and it's very impressive—we still, after all this time, don’t have a truly fundamental theory of physics."
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"I oscillated between thinking that in the midst of such a worldwide crisis it was almost disrespectful to be talking about something like a fundamental theory of physics, and thinking that perhaps people might like an intellectual distraction."
It took a bit longer than expected, but the project finally won out.

At its core, the Wolfram Physics Project aggregates the most important works in physics, including 800 pages of documents that Wolfram himself wrote. He's even releasing 430 hours of video documenting brainstorming sessions between himself and his contemporaries.

Somewhere in the mix, Wolfram hopes to discover the laws of physics that dictate our own universe.
There's already a Registry of Notable Universes on the project page, complete with nearly 1,000 different rules.
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