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EPISODE · Aug 5, 2022 · 1H 18M

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [August 6, 2021]

from The Stephen Wolfram Podcast · host Wolfram Research

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Why does an electron fall or lower orbit to its "normal" state after having being in an exited state - ​What does infinite amount of integers and decimals between two integers tell about the nature of the world? -  What is a time Crystal? - What is your opinion on the technological and economic feasibility of asteroid mining? - How does sophisticated philosophy relate to sophisticated math, in the thinking processes underlying them and the intellectual firepower in effect? - How did your mother and father encourage your own pursuits in science? -  ​If knowing absolutely nothing is represented with 0 and knowing everything is represented with 1, where do you think human race is at this moment and what are its limits of knowledge? - What could knowing the machine code of the universe unlock in technology?

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Why does an electron fall or lower orbit to its "normal" state after having being in an exited state - ​What does infinite amount of integers and decimals between two integers tell about the nature of the world? -  What is a time Crystal? - What is your opinion on the technological and economic feasibility of asteroid mining? - How does sophisticated philosophy relate to sophisticated math, in the thinking processes underlying them and the intellectual firepower in effect? - How did your mother and father encourage your own pursuits in science? -  ​If knowing absolutely nothing is represented with 0 and knowing everything is represented with 1, where do you think human race is at this moment and what are its limits of knowledge? - What could knowing the machine code of the universe unlock in technology?

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