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Rory Cockshaw
Rory Cockshaw

Sep 16, 2021

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Where the Multiverse Came From, and Why it Explains Nothing.

The multiverse conjecture gets nowhere. Has the time come for it to die?

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A (very simplistic) summary of quantum theory

Quantum mechanics says we are living in a world of tennis balls and not baseballs.

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Rory Cockshaw

Rory Cockshaw

I write about science, philosophy, and society. Occasionally whatever else takes my fancy. Student @ University of Cambridge, Yale Bioethics alum.

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