You like Stephen Wolfram, right? I mean, if he’s to be believed, he has reinvented physics, not to mention philosophy. How could you not like such a thinker? Well... it turns out that there are plenty of people who don’t like Stephen Wolfram... or his physics... or his philosophy. Here are four criticisms of Stephen Wolfram I regularly hear... ...and here’s why these criticisms, though they hint at uncomfortable truths, nonetheless miss the mark. — Stephen Wolfram: Stephen WolframStephen Wolfram’s web siteTimelineTED talksList of podcast appearancesList of video appearances Stephen Wolfram’s claims: He has a path to the fundamental theory of physicsHe has an answer to the question: what is an observer?He has an answer to the question: what is consciousness?He has an answer to the question: why does the universe exist?He seems surprised at how little discussion there has been of his answer to the question: why does the universe exist? Some of the things Stephen Wolfram created: 1987 Wolfram Research1988 Mathematica2009 Wolfram Alpha2014 Wolfram Language2020 Wolfram Physics Other people involved in the Wolfram Physics Project: Jonathan GorardMax Piskunov Other people mentioned in this episode: Freeman Dyson – quoteSean Carroll – quote – Mindscape podcast – episode #155 with Stephen WolframKatie Mack – quoteAdam Mastroianni – The rise and fall of peer reviewFather Strickland – quote Brilliant people of the past: Leonardo da VinciGregor MendelNikola TeslaAristotleGalileo GalileiIsaac NewtonAlbert EinsteinMax BornPaul DiracWerner HeisenbergErwin SchrödingerWolfgang Pauli Other episodes of The Last Theory mentioned: Why has there been no progress in physics since 1973? – article ⋅ podcast ⋅ videoPeer review is suffocating science – article ⋅ podcast ⋅ video Reference: Wolfram Research now has over 800 employees Images: Freeman Dyson 2005 by ioerror licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 — The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery, founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here. The full article is here. Kootenay Village Ventures Inc. Rss Apple Podcaster →