Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 15, 2023

People might say: “Computers can never show creativity or originality”. Processes in nature—like, for example, the weather—can be thought of as corresponding to computations. Yes, we can do natural science to figure out some aspects of what’s going to happen. So what’s left? So we won’t be able to readily predict them.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Second Law also found its way into the social sciences—sometimes under names like “entropy pessimism”—most often being used to justify the necessity of “Maxwell’s-demon-like” active intervention or control to prevent the collapse of economic or social systems into random or incoherent states.

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Futurum

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Because computational methods originated in the natural sciences, some disciplines, such as chemistry and physics, have lots of research software at their disposal. Lawrence is a sculptor, performer and curator who explores scientific concepts through creativity and play.

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Futurum

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The liberal arts consist of the natural sciences, like biology, ecology and neuroscience, formal sciences, like physics and maths, social sciences, and the humanities. Running your own restaurant is very demanding and always unpredictable, requiring diplomacy and creativity.

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