Sean Carroll
Person on 4 sites
Theoretical physicist and philosopher at Johns Hopkins and the Santa Fe Institute; blogs at Preposterous Universe and hosts the Mindscape podcast.
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5 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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20 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The story that Einstein could not keep up with quantum mechanics is almost exactly backwards: his philosophical objections were correct and should have been taken far more seriously. (opens korrents.com)
“I think that that story about the latter part is completely wrong, almost 180 degrees wrong. I think that Einstein understood quantum mechanics as well as anyone, at least up through the 1930s. I think that his…”
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The singularity of a black hole is not a place at its centre but a moment in your future: falling in, you run out of time rather than out of room. (opens korrents.com)
“Remember space and time are parts of one unified space-time, the location of the singularity in the black hole is not the middle of space, but our future. It is a moment of time. It is like a big crunch.”
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Life is not fighting the second law of thermodynamics; it surfs increasing entropy and depends on it to hold itself together. (opens korrents.com)
“Sometimes people think that complexity or life or whatever is fighting against the second law of thermodynamics, fighting against the increase of entropy. That is precisely the wrong way to think about it. We are…”
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The story that Einstein could not keep up with quantum mechanics is almost exactly backwards: his philosophical objections were correct and should have been taken far more seriously. (opens korrents.com)
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6 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics (opens rcmnd.app)
“If you're willing to roll up your sleeves and follow the authors along, this is a book from which you can learn a great deal.”
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The Debt to Pleasure (opens rcmnd.app)
“A wonderfully dark novel, structured loosely around a series of recipes. You won't learn any new culinary tricks, but you'll be drawn into the wicked plotting of Tarquin Winot as he spins his schemes with considerable…”
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Thus Was Adonis Murdered (opens rcmnd.app)
“Caudwell has written a mystery novel populated by barristers of supernatural wit and cleverness, resulting in one of the most consistently amusing books I've ever read.”
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The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics (opens rcmnd.app)