PinnedPublished inThe Infinite UniverseHow to live in an absurd universeThe absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. — Albert CamusOct 15, 202259Oct 15, 202259
Published inThe Infinite UniverseRoger Penrose’s paradox won’t tell us if the past and future existYesterday morning, I opened YouTube to check on my recently posted video and saw this video from Sabine Hossenfelder on the Andromeda…17h ago117h ago1
Published inThe Infinite UniverseThe Many Worlds may be a 2nd time dimensionThe classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut explores the concept of time as linear and unchanging. In it the main character…Apr 1421Apr 1421
Published inThe Infinite UniverseReality and consciousness may emerge from each otherPanpsychism is the belief that Mind is fundamental and ubiquitous in the natural world.Apr 738Apr 738
Published inThe Infinite UniverseThis Sputnik-era paper explains why basic research pays for itselfBut dangers lurk when we let industry do too much of itMar 3113Mar 3113
Published inThe Infinite UniverseThe Tip of the Red Giant Branch has pushed the Hubble tension into full blown crisisThe Hubble tension is the growing discrepancy between measurements of Hubble’s constant. This is the constant that tells us how fast the…Mar 412Mar 412
Published inThe Infinite UniverseNew quantum simulation tries to explain the death of the universeThis is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.Feb 107Feb 107
Published inThe Infinite UniverseThe evidence has been growing that the universe is infinite but it may all come crashing downIn his masterpiece, On the Nature of Things, Lucretius (99 BC — 50 BC), a Greek Epicurean philosopher, proposed a thought experiment. He…Feb 331Feb 331
Published inThe Infinite UniversePurpose may be an emergent property of lifeTeleology returns to biologyJan 2659Jan 2659
Published inThe Infinite UniverseThe Multiverse may not remove the need for a Personal CreatorScientists agree that the universe was in a hot dense period approximately 13.8 billion years ago. Everything we have observed from the…Jan 2136Jan 2136