If you go to Aeon.co today you will see my article on the front page: How Wittgenstein might 'solve' both philosophy and quantum physics | Aeon Essays I first learnt about Plato's allegory of the cave when I was in senior high school. A mathematics and English nerd - a…aeon.co Months in the making, this article tells the story of my journey to interpretations of physics looking through the eyes of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Everyone in the United States is more polarized these days. We have a President with some of the lowest approval rating in history following another President of the other party who also had some of the lowest approval ratings in history. The US Senate is currently split 50–50 between each…

The black hole information paradox told in ASCII characters — My 14 year old is about as interested in physics as I am and wants to be an astrophysicist when he grows up. This means we get into a lot of conversations about the deep topics I write about in this publication. One day he asked about the black hole…

And how AI is teaching us what math means — For centuries, mathematicians have debated whether God or human beings invented mathematics. Some, like Kronecker, an early 20th century mathematician, split the difference, saying, God created the integers. All the rest is the work of man. Mathematical philosopher Wittgenstein suggested that the question could not be answered at all. The…

At the time of writing, at least seven Russian generals are reported to have been killed in the Ukraine war, including two three star, Lieutenant Generals Andrei Mordvichev and Yakov Rezantsev. The general (no pun intended) consensus by US watchers such as Retired General and former CIA director Petraeus is…

Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, the former commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe, recently stated that Russia was running out of time to win the war in Ukraine before it would be forced to make peace. Russia’s decision to transition to a war of attrition, where they’re smashing cities…

Those of you who are Roman Catholic, part of a mainline protestant denomination, or Orthodox know we are in Lent right now. For many people around the world, that means fasting. In the ancient world, fasting was a spiritual practice. It was a way of purifying oneself spiritually and developing…

Mathematics has been used in warfare for millennia. Besides his contributions to pure mathematics, Archimedes, working 200 years before Christ, was perhaps the first “military contractor” to provide mathematical and technological assistance to the state. His giant claw could overturn Roman ships while his catapult designs were so impressive the…