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The Infinite Universe: A First Principles Guide

The Infinite Universe: A First Principles Guide

Understanding the universe don't have to be hard or take a long time if we start from first principles

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How to live in an absurd universe

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. — Albert Camus

Oct 15, 2022

How to live in an absurd universe

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Physics may not explain the human mind

I came across a recent video by physicist Sabine Hossenfelder in which she argues that human beings have no free will. She further argues…

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Physics may not explain the human mind

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We need a superspace Bohmian mechanics

David Bohm (1917–1992) was a brilliant figure in mid-20th-century physics. Excluded from working at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project…

Jun 9

We need a superspace Bohmian mechanics

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Scientist shows it is physically impossible for us to be living in a simulation

The trumpets have sounded, the simulation hypothesis, the idea that we are all living in a simulation of our universe created by our…

May 26

Scientist shows it is physically impossible for us to be living in a simulation

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The language of Eden may have been mathematics

In the book of Genesis 1, God “speaks” the universe into existence.

May 16

The language of Eden may have been mathematics

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Roger Penrose’s paradox won’t tell us if the past and future exist

Yesterday morning, I opened YouTube to check on my recently posted video and saw this video from Sabine Hossenfelder on the Andromeda…

Apr 29

Roger Penrose’s paradox won’t tell us if the past and future exist

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The Many Worlds may be a 2nd time dimension

The classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut explores the concept of time as linear and unchanging. In it the main character…

Apr 14

The Many Worlds may be a 2nd time dimension

Apr 14

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Reality and consciousness may emerge from each other

Panpsychism is the belief that Mind is fundamental and ubiquitous in the natural world.

Apr 7

Reality and consciousness may emerge from each other

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This Sputnik-era paper explains why basic research pays for itself

But dangers lurk when we let industry do too much of it

Mar 31

This Sputnik-era paper explains why basic research pays for itself

Mar 31

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The Tip of the Red Giant Branch has pushed the Hubble tension into full blown crisis

The Hubble tension is the growing discrepancy between measurements of Hubble’s constant. This is the constant that tells us how fast the…

Mar 4

The Tip of the Red Giant Branch has pushed the Hubble tension into full blown crisis

Mar 4

Tim Andersen, Ph.D.

Tim Andersen, Ph.D.

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1.2M views. Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Tech. The Infinite Universe (2020). andersenuniverse.com; https://timandersen.substack.com/

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