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Understanding the Computational Complexity of Human Interactions
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The complexity of human interactions and computational processes can lead to a lack of understanding in fields like science and society, where predictions are based on limited knowledge of the system. The story of thermodynamics serves as an analogy to this concept of computational irreducibility.

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The intersection of human interactions and computational processes is complex and difficult to map, but recent developments in the study of thermodynamics may be pointing towards a more refined understanding.
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Computational Processes
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The intersection of human interactions and computational processes is complex and difficult to map, but recent developments in the study of thermodynamics may be pointing towards a more refined understanding.

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Understanding the Computational Complexity of Human Interactions
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#124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe
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Lex Fridman Podcast
The speaker explains that people often rely on science without fully understanding it, but the good news is that the Northern hemisphere's mortality rates related to viral pandemics have gone down and the specific risk may become considerably mitigated.
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Science
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The speaker explains that people often rely on science without fully understanding it, but the good news is that the Northern hemisphere's mortality rates related to viral pandemics have gone down and the specific risk may become considerably mitigated.

Chapter
Understanding the Computational Complexity of Human Interactions
Episode
#124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast