Re: The fundamental theory of physics

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Marcus,

 

Thanks for sending the Feynman letter.

 

Having started my day cursing the Feynman Cult, I am, on the basis of that letter alone, prepared to join it.

 

Cranky Nick

 

Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

[hidden email]

https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

 

 

From: Friam <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 12:08 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The fundamental theory of physics

 

Ha, probably the best move Stephen Wolfram ever made was become alienated from the complexity club.  Had he been toiling in relative obscurity, he would have never created Mathematica, and he'd be sort-of-famous but not rich.

 

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From: Friam <[hidden email]> on behalf of Jochen Fromm <[hidden email]>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 11:31 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The fundamental theory of physics

 

Compared to Sabine Hossenfelder I prefer the approach from Stephen Wolfram. I must admit I don't like the book from Sabine ("Lost in math") at all. She only argues we have not made a breakthrough for decades which is rather obvious. Stephen at least tries to make such a breakthrough. Sabine does not.

 

What I like about Stephen's approach is that he really tries to find the fundamental theory of physics, no matter how hard it may be or how many iterations it requires. There is boldness in his "Let's go & find the fundamental theory!" approach. I like his boldness, optimism and perseverance.

 

-J.

 

 

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From: Pieter Steenekamp <[hidden email]>

Date: 4/16/20 06:32 (GMT+01:00)

To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email]>

Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The fundamental theory of physics

 

I need to study it more to give my opinion on it, but some general comments:

a) I expect the mainstream physics community will  reject it. As a start  I noticed Sabine Hossenfelder retweeted a "bullshit"-tweet about it.

b) I'm a big fan of Stephen Wolfram and in general have confidence in his work. But, of course, good people also make honest mistakes.

 

 

On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 at 20:37, Jochen Fromm <[hidden email]> wrote:

What do you think of Stephen Wolfram's latest findings? It is always interesting to see what he is doing IMHO

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2020/04/finally-we-may-have-a-path-to-the-fundamental-theory-of-physics-and-its-beautiful/

 

-J.

 

 

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