"Our language is inadequate to describe quantum reality"
January 25, 2023
More on the weirdness of modern physics.
Related: "Why is quantum mechanics weird? The bomb experiment."
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"The Daily Chart: California Rain"
January 25, 2023
Yes, it would help if the climate warmers were a little more concerned about falsifiability.
If there’s drought in California, it’s climate change! If there are heavy rains in California, it’s climate change! Neat system they have going.
"Breakthroughs of the [Last] Year"
January 02, 2023
Including some stunning medical innovations: please advance them further and make them widely available quicker.
"Fusion Wariness Livermore National Laboratory’s announcement is certainly a breakthrough, but it’s a commercially limited one."
December 19, 2022
You've probably seen reports about the new fusion "breakthrough". Don't get too excited yet.
See also "My take: fusion "breakthrough" a total dud".
"Apex "Peer Reviewed" Journal, Nature, in Free Fall"
December 12, 2022
Nature is--was?--a very top journal. If this persists, it would be a real shame.
"Four Common Misconceptions About Quantum Physics"
December 01, 2022
Number 1 is that Schrödinger's cat isn't really both dead and alive.
"Why it’s so difficult to build a hydrogen bomb"
November 22, 2022
And a darn good thing it is.
"NYT Article Details How ‘Apocalyptic’ Climate Predictions Were Way Off"
November 22, 2022
That, of course, won't stop them from still being made.
And to fend off the apocalypse we now have "chief heat officers".
"No one in physics dares say so, but the race to invent new particles is pointless"
November 02, 2022
Another hot take from Sabine Hossenfelder.
"Black holes wobbling three times a second have proved Einstein right"
October 26, 2022
Once again--as always--give the points and bet on Big Al.