Did Stephen Wolfram Finally Prove the Second Law of Thermodynamics? (#388)

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Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Has the second law of thermodynamics finally been proven? The second law of thermodynamics has been shrouded in mystery for a century and a half. Now, after building on the recent breakthroughs in the foundations of physics, Stephen Wolfram has finally provided a resolution to the mystery. Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research and the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram Alpha, and Wolfram Language. Over the course of 4 decades, he has pioneered the development & application of computational thinking. He has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions & innovations in science, technology, and business. In this in-depth interview, he shares his findings, shines a light on some of the most misunderstood concepts in physics, and answers some of our most pressing questions about the nature of the second law, entropy, and the dark side of the universe. Tune in! Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:27 Judging a book by its cover 00:11:28 Proving the second law of thermodynamics 00:15:00 What is time? 00:18:20 What is temperature? 00:28:20 The role of the observer 00:43:08 What do we know about dark matter so far? 00:52:16 Black hole entropy 01:01:25 Classical mechanics vs. quantum mechanics 01:13:35 The consequences of dimension fluctuations in physics 01:21:55 Questions from the audience 01:32:55 Outro — Additional resources: 📢 Ownership of your health starts with AG1. Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 and 5 FREE AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase 👉 https://drinkag1.com/impossible ➡️ Follow me on your favorite platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/mailing_list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/blog.php 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think I now finally am beginning to understand quantum mechanics.
0:03.0	Today on the Into the Impossible Podcast, we welcome for the third time the world-renowned computer scientist Dr Stephen Wolfram.
0:09.6	Stephen's been responsible for many breakthroughs in computer science, including many inventions
0:14.1	that you may even have in your phone right now.
0:16.4	He's been a pioneer developing and applying computational thinking, going as far as to develop
0:21.5	his own programming language.
0:24.2	Computational irreducibility says,
0:26.0	you can't cheat the passage of time.
0:28.2	Most recently, he claims to have solved the mystery
0:30.9	behind the most perplexing law of nature, the second law of thermodynamics.
0:36.3	And it's doing all the things that the second of our thermodynamics says you shouldn't be able to do.
0:40.3	Tune in and find out if you agree that Stephen's unlocked the mysteries of the Thermonodynamic universe.
0:47.0	Today he's here to prove what many who have come before him have failed to do.
0:51.0	And along the way we'll go into a fascinating journey in the dark
0:54.3	side of the universe away that only Stephen Wolfram and I can take you. So let's tune in. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
1:10.0	Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
1:14.0	Welcome everybody to the third round of my conversational inter-dialoquaturization with this phenomenal guest today.
1:24.2	This is Stephen Wolfram, as I say,
1:27.3	third-time guest on the podcast,
1:29.7	Dr. Steve Wolfram joining us from the East Coast.
1:31.8	How are you tonight, Stephen?
1:33.0	Just fine. It's late for me, so it's even later for you. I really appreciate you staying up so late on the East Coast.
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