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truth they derive from the most simple set of rules. You can check out the website to see a live version of Conway’s Game of Life. It’s a lot of fun. Wolfram’s Strange Attractor HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015863 174 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? thesis is that we could all be living in one of these games. Perhap

ed. Of course, there are no actual animals. The things you see on the screen, ‘gliders’ ‘walkers, and ‘cannons, just hang together accidentally. But, Wolfram considers these little digital creatures are animals. He argues our Universe is just like the Game of Life: A set of simple rules leading to complex

ents believe making a thinking machine is just a matter of building a really large, fast neural network and working out how to train it efficiently. Quantum Brains Conventional wisdom says each brain cell is a single processing unit making an on-off decision — fire, or don't fire - depending on the state

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of the philosophical argument. I also avoid a strongly historical narrative, but if you enjoy the history of science I recommend, The Missing 4%, and Quantum for a really clear exposé of the issues HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016087 398 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? around quantum mechanics, relativity and cosmolo

versation for Edge, began to talk and didn’t stop for two and a half hours. The essay that follows is an edited version of that session, which was a Wolfram master class of sorts and is an appropriate way to end this volume—just as Stephen’s Reality Club talk in the ’80s was a great way to initiate the on

at MIT, and head of its Program in Science, Technology & Society. He is the author of How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival and American Physics and the Cold War Bubble (forthcoming). In The Sleepwalkers, a sweeping history of scientific thought from ancient times

versation for Edge, began to talk and didn’t stop for two and a half hours. The essay that follows is an edited version of that session, which was a Wolfram master class of sorts and is an appropriate way to end this volume—just as Stephen’s Reality Club talk in the ’80s was a great way to initiate the on

at MIT, and head of its Program in Science, Technology & Society. He is the author of How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival and American Physics and the Cold War Bubble (forthcoming). In The Sleepwalkers, a sweeping history of scientific thought from ancient times