Continuous mathematical approaches to physics lose critical phenomena that arise naturally in discrete computational systems because continuous mathematics cannot capture the fine structure and computational universality properties that emerge in discrete rule-based systems.
causalpending
Speaker
Stephen WolframEvidence Quote
“as soon as you're saying something like time is a continuous thing...you have to bring in all the apparatus of continuous mathematics, which blows you out of a lot of the phenomena”
Source
Can space and time emerge from simple rules? Stephen Wolfram thinks so. | World Science Festival— World Science FestivalCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:48:03 PM
My Notes
Loading notes...