James Owen Weatherall
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James Owen Weatherall is an American physicist, mathematician and philosopher.
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3 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: The Physics of Wall Street (2013); Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing (2016); The Misinformation Age (2019, with Cailin O'Connor) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Edits: Philosophy of Science, from January 2023 to 2026 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Honours: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2026) (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Israel and Iran are both very good at spreading viral disinformation. (opens korrents.com)
“Israel and Iran are both very good at viral disinformation, and it is easy to find bubbles where everyone is convinced each side is definitely winning.”
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Richard Garwin was an extraordinary scientist and engineer who was too often in the shadows. (opens korrents.com)
“Dick Garwin was such an incredible scientist and engineer, but he was very often in the shadows.”
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Misinformation and disinformation are ecological, systems-level effects rather than isolated pieces of information. (opens korrents.com)
“One good feature is that it emphasizes a systems-level perspective: mis/disinformation are ecological effects, and not isolated pieces of info.”
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Israel and Iran are both very good at spreading viral disinformation. (opens korrents.com)
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2 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Beat the Market (opens rcmnd.app)
“He wrote a book Beat the Market, another of my books choices, in 1967 but nobody paid any attention to it.”
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The Trouble With Physics (opens rcmnd.app)
“Smolin’s argument in The Trouble with Physics is that string theory is both puzzling and hugely problematic.”
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Beat the Market (opens rcmnd.app)