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“Computation as the Fabric of Reality (argues that the universe is a vast computation running simple programs — a claim most physicists reject but that aligns with cellular automata results and motivates his NKS project)”
British-American computer scientist, mathematician, and founder of Wolfram Research, creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha, known for his theory that the universe is fundamentally computational.
Created Mathematica — the most powerful computational algebra system in the world — and Wolfram Alpha as a structured knowledge engine, while developing a controversial theory of computational equivalence suggesting simple rules generate all complexity in nature.