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Multiway minds with Stephen Wolfram

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Multiway minds with Stephen Wolfram

FromThe Last Theory


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Multiway minds with Stephen Wolfram

FromThe Last Theory

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Length:
6 minutes
Released:
Jun 21, 2025
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Can you hold in your mind two different threads of experience?In this five-minute excerpt from my conversation with Stephen Wolfram, he introduces the strange idea of a multiway mind.Most of the time, we as observers succeed in weaving multiple different paths through the multiway graph into a single thread of experience.In some circumstances, however, we’re unable to do this. If we’re unfortunate enough to find ourselves on the surface of a black hole – at the event horizon in physical space, at the entanglement horizon in branchial space – we might find ourselves frozen, unable to form a classical thought.In just five minutes, Stephen not only introduces the possibility of multiple threads of experience in a single mind, he also succeeds in weaving in diverse topics from quantum computing to societal decision-making.—Stephen WolframStephen WolframThe Wolfram Physics ProjectWolfram InstituteWolfram Institute Community DiscordConcepts mentioned by StephenQuantum computingDistributed computingEvent horizons and entanglement horizonsBranchial space—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.
Released:
Jun 21, 2025
Format:
Podcast episode