Science & Technology Q&A for Kids & Others: Stephen Wolfram Livestreams

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1 hour 47 minutes

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Considering the Star Trek Universal Translator, what size samples of an unknown language would be needed to begin to understand it? Is the best way to profit off mars exploration the selling of intellectual property gained from research done there? Can you think of any other ways? Latin had arbitrary order. Hello Stephen! I really admire your work, do you have an advice for all those teenagers who want to discover a new kind of Science? Just as you did! How do you feel about: Academia vs. Self made men. Is there a place for natural self-taught talent? Do you think language is evolutionary inevitability of consciousness, i.e if you find sentient life, you will find a language that the consciousness communicates in? As a corollary, given a language can you find a consciousness behind it? Hello, I am a physics teacher, what is your opinion about teaching physics today? Hi, thanks a lot for doing this, what's your take on autonomous cars and how long till they become feasible? What books would you recommend to a curious teen, looking forward to learning more about science and getting more concrete knowledge? How do you go about building a team around you to solve the problems you want to work on? Stephen, business is part of your life. Could you share some of your business knowledge with us, maybe writing some blog posts about it? What's the future of fiat currency? View Less »

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1 hour 41 minutes

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What is about imaginary number are this real and what it represent? How can split atom and why is difficult? Is making an arc reactor (Iron Man) possible? Beryllium experiment resulted in a 5th force -> what is that and how does it work? From Thomas (age 10): Are there more substances or elements that work like palladium? Where does the energy come from to emit all these virtual gluons? Is helium3 and moon minerals will be useful for fusion? If a matter black hole collided with an antimatter black hole of the same mass, would the explosion be contained to a new black hole? Is there anything special about the size of animals on earth that makes us conscious? Could the weather system on large planets, or galaxies be conscious? How is something like a physical push or friction force explained in terms of the 4 fundamental forces? Has a question about "hard light" been asked? As in keeping photons still. (not a light saber, or laser beam, but like hard light that you could "walk on". Something along those lines) But it is still unknown whether antimatter gravitates or anti gravitates for certain? Thank you for streaming Stephen! Do you prefer Stephen or Steve or something else? View Less »

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1 hour 23 minutes

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How far away are we from a new propulsion system that could takes us to another galaxy? Hello all. What about a "railgun" in space that also launches rockets? Does the sun emit EMP pulses, and if so how are satellites protected? Can you build a satellite with off the shelf electronics (such as raspberry pi) by providing enough CPU redundancy and some basic shielding? Hi Stephen, what additional shielding technologies do you think we need to best overcome space radiation that astronauts face when headed to Mars? What is the unique properties of element 115? Will music again have a place in science? As it was in ancient greece. How do I win the fight against the fear of learning something that looks very intimidating? How's the theory of everything going? Gravity effects photons, but photons have no mass, is this the case where energy equals mass? View Less »

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids & Others:

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What physical experiments do I recommend for kids? Highschooler here, project's connection to make space travel more possible? Do you have suggestions for someone who finds math fascinating, wants to learn more, but is not a math whiz and has difficulty with homework and tests? How far are we from building von Neumann machines? How can you connect to the internet if your mom turns off the wifi? Can intelligence be quantified, and how does that all work? So how intelligent one is comes down to how good can one understand and use their intelligence? I think one of the underlying issues is that kids are taught to pass exams, rather than to necessarily harvest knowledge. Do you know Brian Greene? My kids are currently reading your book A new kind of science, is your new physics book within reach for kids? Hi Mr. Wolfram. my name is Ed. I'm 52, and not a mathematician:-), although I love physics. Can you please explain how a particle acquires mass? is it alternating spin? I want to know the correspondence between intelligence and comprehension. For example, dogs can't recognize themselves in the mirror but chimps can. In humans, people used to study cranial circumferences as an indication of intelligence thus performance. I also saw an MIT lecture on quality of performance is the sum of knowledge, practice and talent, but I think it's rather general, would be great if an individual's intelligence can be quantified, though IQ tests are too general too. From a parent: what role if any did you play in your own kids education? Are they as fascinated as you with computation, the universe, math etc? Do you have any words of advice for parents? From a parent: what role if any did you play in your own kids education? Are they as fascinated as you with computation, the universe, math etc? Do you have any words of advice for parents? View Less »

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