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Stephen Wolfram Q&A, For Kids (and others) [February 19, 2021]

Aug 27, 20211 hr 31 min
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Episode description

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa

Questions include: Is sociology a real science? Can it predict something? - Should we use Inductive reasoning in science? - What is a number? - Would computer processing speed increase if we had a compendium of mathematical proofs? - What's the worst computer bug you have ever had? What was the simplest computer bug that you couldn't figure out? - How quickly is technology advancing at the moment? Is science reliable in the grand scheme of things? - How is it possible to overcome this sort of self doubt?

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