What is time? What divides the observer from the observed? Is reality fundamentally computational or mathematical? These questions are at the core of multiple frontiers of modern science, ranging from quantum physics and cosmology to consciousness studies and complexity.
This project will address these questions from a parsimonious perspective, and investigate causality in hypergraph rewrite systems - an emerging research area at the intersection of mathematics, computer science and physics. Originating in this field, there have been early indications of a new paradigm that may transform how mathematical science is practiced fundamentally. This project aims to consolidate the first rigorous advancements to establish a new computational paradigm for fundamental science.
The project will not only result in publications and events by which we communicate this new approach within the larger scientific community, but we will also create extensive computational functionality and training materials publicly available in the permanent project website and repositories.
Ultimately, this project is positioned to capitalize on the technological progress of the last few decades, taking computation as a starting point, rather than a mere methodology. Not unlike inventions such as scripts, paper or the printing press, we believe that the computational framework put forward by this project will fundamentally transform how we approach mathematics and fundamental science in centuries to come.
