New basis for science

[prodangle]

This story could be very interesting. If only I was clever enough to know what the hell Stephen Wolfram's talking about ...

[Vie]

Link?

[tjb2004]

http://image.pathfinder.com/time/photoessays/keepingcool/dog.jpg

[binary hero]

ok, the pictures of dogs are scaring me now.

[rm']

Goddammit! I'm very tempted right now to just browse with images turn OFF for the rest of my life.

[Vie]

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(Vie beating head on keybord)

[tjb2004]

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~nak9k/signs/stupid.jpg

[prodangle]

Originally posted by Vie
Link?
Doh!! :eek:

Here it is now, I was just trying to keep you all in suspense...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25621.html

[Vie]

embaracing when I point out an error:D

[prodangle]

Originally posted by Vie
embaracing when I point out an error:D
embarrassing, or was that delaborit?

[tjb2004]

http://www.angela.com/catalog/tube-boxes/stupid.gif

[eleet-2k2]

Originally posted by tjb2004
http://www.angela.com/catalog/tube-boxes/stupid.gif Alright, this pic was funny at least.

That's an interesting article.

[deadrabbit]

i read something about that in newsweek, Stephen Wolfram doesn't seem to know what he's talking about either, but it is very interesting.

[rm']

Originally posted by prodangle
This story could be very interesting. If only I was clever enough to know what the hell Stephen Wolfram's talking about ...

Wow... that's some pretty remarkable stuff. For anybody who is interested in artificial life/intelligence, I highly suggest you research Conway's Game of Life (look in Yahoo's groups... AI is somewhere in there), and other games which manufacture cellular automata. The Game of Life essentially is mock universe existing within an infinitely large checkerboard. Cells are placed on squares according to a set of rules. These rules regulate the life and death cycles of the universe. Over time, patterns will emerge, forming various complex designs. Thus, from unicellular organisms, multicellular "animals" arise.

Wolfram is proposing that rather base the study of scientific phenomenon on mathematical and physical rules, we study the patterns and rules of cellular automata. Throw away your calculator, because the science of tommorow is organic.

[Lucid DM]

I've read a little bit of that book, (to be honest, I just skimmed).

Most of the earlier sections seem to just be saying "simple things build to create complex things." in a long, drawn-out, convoluted way.
Which isn't really anything new.

But don't listen to me, as I said, I've only skimmed it.