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The Last TheoryThe Last Theory is an easy-to-follow exploration of what might be the last theory of physics. Author: Mark Jeffery
The Last Theory is an easy-to-follow exploration of what might be the last theory of physics. In 2020, Stephen Wolfram launched the Wolfram Physics Project to find the elusive fundamental theory that explains everything. On The Last Theory podcast, I investigate the implications of Wolfram's ideas and dig into the details of how his universe works. Join me for fresh insights into Wolfram Physics every other week. Language: en Genres: Education, Physics, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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What is time in Wolfram Physics?
Episode 79
Thursday, 5 February, 2026
Physics, the way we’ve thought about it for the last few hundred years, requires us to make assumptions about time.In our old way of thinking, just as we must assume three axes of space – scales along which we can measure what’s where – so we must assume an axis of time – a scale along which we can measure what happens when.It doesn’t matter whether, like Newton, we assume an absolute scale along which we can measure what happens when according to a giant clock in the sky, or whether, like Einstein, we assume a relative scale along which we can measure what happens when according to a tiny clock in each and every reference frame.Either way, we must assume an axis of time.Wolfram Physics, on the other hand, doesn’t require us to make anyassumptions about time.We need only posit the application of rules to the nodes and edges of the hypergraph, and time emerges.The evolution of the hypergraph is time......which gives us a profound clue, not just to the nature of time, but to the nature of the universe.—ReferencesThe canonical mass of a neutron star is 1.4 solar massesThe mass of the Sun is 1.988416 × 10^30 kgThe mass of a neutron is 1.67492750056(85) × 10^-27 kgSo the number of neutrons in a neutron star, assuming neutron stars are made entirely of neutrons (which they’re not), is 1.4 × 1.988416 × 10^30 kg / 1.67492750056(85) × 10^-27 kg ~ 10^57CreditsPulsar animation by Michael Kramer licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0Retina image by د.مصطفى الجزار licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0—The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery founder of Open Web MindI release The Last Theory as a video too! Watch here.The full article is here.Kootenay Village Ventures Inc.
