As a lifelong fan of Doctor Who and BTTF, it pains me to have to be the one to point out to people that time travel is probably…
What is the world going to look like 5-10 years from now when we have a million new PhD level AI scientists working on every conceivable problem?
Once upon a time there was a leaf on a tree. One fine day, the leaf became conscious and started to ask questions about itself and the meaning…
We wrap up our antivax mini-series by looking at another antivax claim: “All vaccines contain a number of toxic poisons and chemicals that are linked to serious neurological…
Great thoughts on dealing with science denialism from this article in Newsweek about flat earthers. I’ve discussed similar ideas in my recent Bullshit Filter series dealing with antivaxers.…
“The whole world was seen as the divine activity welling up from the mysterious being of Brahman, which was the inner meaning of all existence. The Upanishads encouraged…
Interesting theory – that “spooky action at a distance”, aka quantum entanglement, creates spacetime.
“The real purpose of scientific method is to make sure Nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something that you actually don’t.” – Robert Pirsig, Zen and…
Hawkeye Pierce gets it. In this interview with Robert Sapolsky from Stanford, they talk about the illusion of free will. This interview is pretty good too.
This is the most exciting physics article I’ve read all year! “Physicists have discovered a jewel-like geometric object that dramatically simplifies calculations of particle interactions and challenges the…