Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [November 12, 2021]

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Do you think will we get anti gravity cars? - How much memory does a rock have? Do protons or photons have memory? Do orbits have memory? - When is someone considered dead? How do we define the line between alive and dead? - How does a flock of sparrows know how to all change directions simultaneously? - Do you think its more important for humanity to look to colonize another planet or try to look after the earth and make it habitable for the future? - Can we push the jet streams?

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Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and the Wolfram Language; the author of A New Kind of Science; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. Over the course of nearly four decades, he has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking—and has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions and innovations in science, technology and business. On his podcast, Stephen discusses topics ranging from the history of science to the future of civilization and ethics of AI.