A less entertaining but also very critical review by Scott Aaronson: on arXiv.org. This one, among other things, takes a specific handwavy proposal of Wolfram’s for explaining quantum entanglement and (assuming Aaronson’s got it right, which I would expect him to have) shows that it can’t work.
A very enjoyably very critical review of Wolfram’s big heavy book by Cosma Shalizi: “A Rare Blend of Monster Raving Egomania and Utter Batshit Insanity”.
A less entertaining but also very critical review by Scott Aaronson: on arXiv.org. This one, among other things, takes a specific handwavy proposal of Wolfram’s for explaining quantum entanglement and (assuming Aaronson’s got it right, which I would expect him to have) shows that it can’t work.
Maybe I should read the first link too, but I just don’t expect to be able to ‘wade thru’ the vitriol to get at any ‘technical’ criticism.
I’ve read the other paper before and, IIRC, it was great criticism, but not inescapably ‘fatal’. I’ll try to reread it at some point.
There’s no vitirol except in the title. The review is excellent, as are most of that author’s reviews.