PinnedTim Andersen, Ph.D.inThe Infinite UniverseHow to live in an absurd universeThe absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. — Albert CamusOct 15, 202259Oct 15, 202259
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.inThe Infinite UniverseRebellion in an absurd universeAlbert Camus likened life to the plight of Sisyphus, the ancient Greek man condemned to roll a stone up a hill in the underworld, only to…Jul 106Jul 106
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.inThe Infinite UniverseWe may never stop climate change without massive investment in biofuelsA recent article about a Tiktok that a PhD student made about a video Ben Shapiro made commenting on a statement by Greta Thunberg appeared…Jul 423Jul 423
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.inThe Infinite UniverseStudies of the climate millions of years ago suggest global warming could get much worse than modelCan we trust these “proxy” models?Jul 214Jul 214
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.inThe Infinite UniverseThe end of the universe, not the beginning, may be the moment of creationLast week’s article got me thinking about time inversion and I looked more carefully into arrow of time reversal experiments like this one…Jun 1023Jun 1023
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.inThe Infinite UniverseHow time inversion really worksTenet came out in 2020 which seems like a lifetime ago now. The Christopher Nolan sci-fi thriller quickly became divisive partly because…Jun 75Jun 75
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.inThe Infinite UniverseZero-point energy may not existIn a previous post, I talked about how there might be more ordinary explanations for the Casimir effect that do not rely on vacuum energy…May 2313May 2313
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.inThe Infinite UniverseDark matter may come from the fifth dimensionAfter years of tinkering with tensor calculus, my paper explaining dark matter with a 5th dimension has been published in the peer-reviewed…May 1330May 1330
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.inThe Infinite UniverseThe Casimir effect may not come from vacuum energyRecently I saw a post on twitter claiming that AI could be powered with quantum vacuum energy. The post was accompanied by a figure from a…Apr 299Apr 299
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.inThe Infinite UniverseDark energy may come from the thermodynamics of spacetimeThe recent DESI results, which are quite preliminary, suggest that dark energy, the substance that makes up the majority of mass in our…Apr 239Apr 239