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Podcast: The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Episode: Stephen Wolfram Q&A, For Kids (and others) [September 11, 2020]
Description: Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series.
Questions include:
If humankind had evolved 12 fingers, and if we all used base 12 to count and do commerce, would this have made any difference to our scientific development? -
Do you think you could convince Dana Scott to expand his lecture "Looking Forward, Looking Backward" into a memoirs book similar to "idea makers"? -
As in your physics project, do you think the entire legal system could emerge from a few simple laws (rules...