Stephen Wolfram and collaborators propose a new approach to physics based on discrete automata. Cool and fun! But: please please don’t get too excited until others look it over. Science is collaborative, it takes time, and most bold ideas are wrong.
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There are many reasons to be skeptical about an approach like this, a priori. It’s discrete (so continuous symmetries are at best approximate), and unlike deep laws since Newton, the dynamics are fundamentally irreversible.

Maybe that’s all fine, and even good, if it leads to testable predictions. But let’s wait and see.

Article by @StevenLevy in @WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/stephen-wolfram-invites-you-to-solve-physics/">https://www.wired.com/story/ste...