Kade Cicchella
@kadecicchella.bsky.social
Philosophy and Physics PhD student at the University of Washington | I like QFT
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
Last night was a movie (horror)
October 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Last night was a movie (horror)
Over the weekend trump appeared to post a video that seems to be AI generated of himself flying what looks like a fighter jet with a crown-like object on his head and dumping a brown liquid that resembles feces on people standing on the street who look like protestors.
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Over the weekend trump appeared to post a video that seems to be AI generated of himself flying what looks like a fighter jet with a crown-like object on his head and dumping a brown liquid that resembles feces on people standing on the street who look like protestors.
“don’t make things up” I told the making-things-up machine
October 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“don’t make things up” I told the making-things-up machine
And that’s the best kind of flying, anyway! Where does he think he’s going?
August 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
And that’s the best kind of flying, anyway! Where does he think he’s going?
Heisenberg’s Umdeutung paper was received 100 years ago today
July 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Heisenberg’s Umdeutung paper was received 100 years ago today
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New paper up from Kai Milanovich - 'Distinguishing Situated Knowledge and Standpoint Theory: Defending the Achievement Thesis'
Distinguishing Situated Knowledge and Standpoint Theory: Defending the Achievement Thesis | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
Distinguishing Situated Knowledge and Standpoint Theory: Defending the Achievement Thesis
www.cambridge.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New paper up from Kai Milanovich - 'Distinguishing Situated Knowledge and Standpoint Theory: Defending the Achievement Thesis'
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APA member Colin Marshall coauthored this @us.theconversation.com piece on empathy and why it should be considered a strength. theconversation.com/empathy-can-...
Empathy can take a toll – but 2 philosophers explain why we should see it as a strength
Empathy affords us a more accurate understanding of others’ experiences and emotions. Just like pain, it can be hard to bear – but that’s also the source of its strength.
theconversation.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
APA member Colin Marshall coauthored this @us.theconversation.com piece on empathy and why it should be considered a strength. theconversation.com/empathy-can-...
new milestone: 100 books checked out at the same time
May 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
new milestone: 100 books checked out at the same time
Today is world quantum day. What are you all getting me?
April 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today is world quantum day. What are you all getting me?
At the Spring School on Symmetry and Measurement in QFT at York
April 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
At the Spring School on Symmetry and Measurement in QFT at York
you’ve heard of dogwhistles, now get ready for just regular whistles that everyone can hear
January 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
you’ve heard of dogwhistles, now get ready for just regular whistles that everyone can hear
finished lotr!
December 25, 2024 at 6:44 AM
finished lotr!
which books do I take on break?
1) Return of the King (mandatory)
2) Logic of Scientific Discovery - Popper (can finally finish)
3) Drawing Theories Apart - Kaiser
4) Bullshit Jobs - Graeber
5) Dawn of Everything - Graeber, Wengrow
6) QFT on curved spacetimes - Bär, Fredenhagen
1) Return of the King (mandatory)
2) Logic of Scientific Discovery - Popper (can finally finish)
3) Drawing Theories Apart - Kaiser
4) Bullshit Jobs - Graeber
5) Dawn of Everything - Graeber, Wengrow
6) QFT on curved spacetimes - Bär, Fredenhagen
December 16, 2024 at 1:57 AM
which books do I take on break?
1) Return of the King (mandatory)
2) Logic of Scientific Discovery - Popper (can finally finish)
3) Drawing Theories Apart - Kaiser
4) Bullshit Jobs - Graeber
5) Dawn of Everything - Graeber, Wengrow
6) QFT on curved spacetimes - Bär, Fredenhagen
1) Return of the King (mandatory)
2) Logic of Scientific Discovery - Popper (can finally finish)
3) Drawing Theories Apart - Kaiser
4) Bullshit Jobs - Graeber
5) Dawn of Everything - Graeber, Wengrow
6) QFT on curved spacetimes - Bär, Fredenhagen
I don’t drive anymore but at least I get to microdose road rage when someone chooses to stand on the left side of the escalator out of the light rail station.
December 16, 2024 at 1:41 AM
I don’t drive anymore but at least I get to microdose road rage when someone chooses to stand on the left side of the escalator out of the light rail station.
my strava wrapped comes off as sarcastic lol
December 13, 2024 at 7:39 PM
my strava wrapped comes off as sarcastic lol
watching Dark Matter and… Clausius mentioned?!
December 11, 2024 at 5:41 AM
watching Dark Matter and… Clausius mentioned?!
are we still fighting about philosophy of science? I want in
December 9, 2024 at 4:01 AM
are we still fighting about philosophy of science? I want in
love a good distinction
December 5, 2024 at 4:42 PM
love a good distinction
any math people on here
December 5, 2024 at 4:09 AM
any math people on here
I read books now
November 28, 2024 at 9:45 PM
I read books now
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Just published in the Cambridge Elements of Philosophy of Physics: Foundations of General Relativity, by Sam Fletcher!
Open access for two weeks. Get it for free while you can!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Open access for two weeks. Get it for free while you can!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Foundations of General Relativity
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Foundations of General Relativity
www.cambridge.org
November 26, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Just published in the Cambridge Elements of Philosophy of Physics: Foundations of General Relativity, by Sam Fletcher!
Open access for two weeks. Get it for free while you can!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Open access for two weeks. Get it for free while you can!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Intro for new followers: I’m a PhD student in the philosophy and physics departments at the University of Washington working in philosophy of physics and mathematical physics. My research is mainly on conceptual and foundational questions about Quantum Field Theory and Renormalization Group methods.
November 27, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Intro for new followers: I’m a PhD student in the philosophy and physics departments at the University of Washington working in philosophy of physics and mathematical physics. My research is mainly on conceptual and foundational questions about Quantum Field Theory and Renormalization Group methods.
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Intro for new followers:
I am a grad student working in philosophy (PhD) and social work (MSW). Here is a brief view of how I have been working at the intersection of these fields:
I am a grad student working in philosophy (PhD) and social work (MSW). Here is a brief view of how I have been working at the intersection of these fields:
November 25, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Intro for new followers:
I am a grad student working in philosophy (PhD) and social work (MSW). Here is a brief view of how I have been working at the intersection of these fields:
I am a grad student working in philosophy (PhD) and social work (MSW). Here is a brief view of how I have been working at the intersection of these fields:
Anyone have book recs on the origin of life, archaic humans, or early history of language?
November 23, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Anyone have book recs on the origin of life, archaic humans, or early history of language?