PinnedTim Andersen, Ph.D.Dark 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 13, 202436May 13, 202436
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.The 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…4d ago224d ago22
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.Purpose may be an emergent property of lifeTeleology returns to biologyJan 2652Jan 2652
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.The 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 2134Jan 2134
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.Humans are responsible for the LA fires but not because of climate changeClimate change is increasing the number and size of fires in California and other parts of the world. However, depending on the biome…Jan 1816Jan 1816
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.The Largest Structure in the Universe should not existIt certainly has convinced me that we’re not living in a homogeneous, isotropic [Universe]. I mean these things that I really suspected in…Jan 1317Jan 1317
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.The universe’s missing antimatter may be all around usExperiments this year at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) demonstrated that collisions that produce anti-matter produce equal amounts of…Jan 327Jan 327
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.The Many Worlds of quantum mechanics may be waves in a 5th dimensionI have argued for a while that quantum mechanics can be interpreted correctly if you introduce a 5th dimension. In that case, different…Dec 19, 202419Dec 19, 202419
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.A paradigm shift in quantum mechanics may be needed to solve quantum gravityA paradigm shift is a useful term to explain how a change in perspective can open new routes to problem-solving. The classic example is the…Dec 9, 202413Dec 9, 202413
Tim Andersen, Ph.D.Science may be a new religion and that’s not a good thingSpeaking to fellow substacker The Free Press’s Bari Weiss on The Honestly podcast, famed venture capitalist Peter Thiel defended the…Nov 19, 202425Nov 19, 202425