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Parsing the Universe and Representing it for Human Understanding
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1:06:26 - 1:18:13 (11:46)

In this transcript, the speaker discusses how humans have a particular way of parsing the universe and how often, we are not able to recognize the intelligence around us due to this limited view. They also touch upon computational language and how to represent pieces of natural language in a way that humans can understand.

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The universe could contain intelligent entities that we are not aware of because we parse the universe differently.
1:06:26 - 1:14:01 (07:35)
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Consciousness
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The universe could contain intelligent entities that we are not aware of because we parse the universe differently. When we think about extraterrestrial intelligence, we assume that they have the same physics as us, at the very least.

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Parsing the Universe and Representing it for Human Understanding
Episode
#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
Stephen Wolfram discusses his life-long project of creating computational language that serves as a bridge between the vast possibility in the computational universe and what humans are able to conceptualize, including applications in molecular biology and potentially communicating with alien intelligence.
1:14:01 - 1:18:13 (04:11)
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Computational language
Summary

Stephen Wolfram discusses his life-long project of creating computational language that serves as a bridge between the vast possibility in the computational universe and what humans are able to conceptualize, including applications in molecular biology and potentially communicating with alien intelligence.

Chapter
Parsing the Universe and Representing it for Human Understanding
Episode
#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast