Comments on: Two Important Works, Summarized http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2002/09/30/two-important-works-summarized/ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:49:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: chad http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2002/09/30/two-important-works-summarized/#comment-31 chad Mon, 07 Oct 2002 01:40:33 +0000 http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/wordpress/?p=131#comment-31 My thoughts: He's a big, bold thinker, and definitely looking to apply his understanding of how complexity is created to nearly everything. I gotta be honest though: I lasted about 10 minutes before the concepts got too complicated. There was a lot of heavy math in his powerpoint deck, and a bit late in the day for my atrophied math muscles to function. Perhaps he was showing off for the CMU crowd, or maybe his book is much the same. He did seem fairly confident that his findings would lead to a new kind of science, in the biggest and most inclusive sense. That's a pretty bold statement. Stephen closed by showing off his <a href="http://www.wolframscience.com/nksx/" rel="nofollow">A New Kind of Science Explorer</a>, which lets you play with the some of the programs he cites in the book. Looks like fun. My thoughts:
He’s a big, bold thinker, and definitely looking to apply his understanding of how complexity is created to nearly everything.

I gotta be honest though: I lasted about 10 minutes before the concepts got too complicated. There was a lot of heavy math in his powerpoint deck, and a bit late in the day for my atrophied math muscles to function. Perhaps he was showing off for the CMU crowd, or maybe his book is much the same.

He did seem fairly confident that his findings would lead to a new kind of science, in the biggest and most inclusive sense. That’s a pretty bold statement.

Stephen closed by showing off his A New Kind of Science Explorer, which lets you play with the some of the programs he cites in the book. Looks like fun.

]]> By: Diane http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2002/09/30/two-important-works-summarized/#comment-30 Diane Sun, 06 Oct 2002 07:31:48 +0000 http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/wordpress/?p=131#comment-30 Carnegie Mellon tends to have a few good speakers each year; it seems I graduated and left town a few months too early to hear Stephen Wolfram. I've perused his book, A New Kind of Science, and hope to do a real reading at some point. Thanks for the reminder. If you get a chance, do tell of any interesting comments he made and your thoughts on the talk. Carnegie Mellon tends to have a few good speakers each year; it seems I graduated and left town a few months too early to hear Stephen Wolfram. I’ve perused his book, A New Kind of Science, and hope to do a real reading at some point. Thanks for the reminder. If you get a chance, do tell of any interesting comments he made and your thoughts on the talk.

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