PinnedPublished inThe Infinite UniverseHow to live in an absurd universeThe absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. — Albert CamusOct 15, 2022A response icon58Oct 15, 2022A response icon58
Published inThe Infinite UniverseThe language of Eden may have been mathematicsIn the book of Genesis 1, God “speaks” the universe into existence.5d agoA response icon195d agoA response icon19
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…Apr 29A response icon26Apr 29A response icon26
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 14A response icon27Apr 14A response icon27
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 7A response icon42Apr 7A response icon42
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 31A response icon13Mar 31A response icon13
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 4A response icon13Mar 4A response icon13
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 10A response icon7Feb 10A response icon7
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 3A response icon31Feb 3A response icon31
Published inThe Infinite UniversePurpose may be an emergent property of lifeTeleology returns to biologyJan 26A response icon60Jan 26A response icon60