> not reading

Respectfully, I think that is a mistake.

Yes, he frequently exhibits an ego the size of Jupiter. But he is very smart†, and he writes well, and this stuff that theyre doing is at least interesting. I don't know if its physics or metaphysics or something else entirely, and it may be just empty tail-chasing, but I reckon its at least worth paying some attention to.

† and he's also built a long-term business making and selling extremely capable maths tooling, of all things, which I think is worth some respect

And you thought your decision to not1 read the article was worth sharing why?

At least Wolfram's ego led him to contribute something interesting.

If you want other people to name something after you, you have to give it a name they have reason to replace.

Wolframology is the study of Stephen Wolfram.

yeah i get the emotional push back but putting that aside, he still seems fairly well accomplished, more-so than me by a long shot and at least he is throwing nerdy ideas out there we can think about or discuss.

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