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00:00 Start stream
00:57 SW starts talking
1:11 What would you say is the most important human-designed algorithm of all time?
15:32 Historically, who has led the trends in science, practitioners or academics?
34:35 Did Richard Feynman really think that "philosophy is baloney"? Did you ever discuss non-physics subjects?
45:29 If simulation becomes sufficiently good in the future, will it cause experimental scientists to be out of a job?
52:58 How did we go about solving the goat problem?
53:14 According to the history of science, what might be the ratio of the number of minor paradigm shifts to the number of major paradigm shifts?
55:25 What was the fifth class of cellular automata that almost was, which you mentioned in your personal history paper?
58:48 ​Has an idea like the ruliad existed before, or is this a novel object?
1:02:13 Neural networks show that combining two seemingly unrelated fields of research can produce great results, but our academic and business cultures are focused more on specialization. Your thoughts?
1:10:32 What would a modern analog computer look like today?

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