“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” - Albert Einstein
September 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” - Albert Einstein
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These are real images of exoplanets.
Four super-Jupiters, imaged 10 times over 12 years around a star 133 lightyears away.
These are real, giant worlds, out there in the dark.
And we can see them.
Four super-Jupiters, imaged 10 times over 12 years around a star 133 lightyears away.
These are real, giant worlds, out there in the dark.
And we can see them.
May 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
These are real images of exoplanets.
Four super-Jupiters, imaged 10 times over 12 years around a star 133 lightyears away.
These are real, giant worlds, out there in the dark.
And we can see them.
Four super-Jupiters, imaged 10 times over 12 years around a star 133 lightyears away.
These are real, giant worlds, out there in the dark.
And we can see them.
“What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.” - Werner Heisenberg
April 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
“What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.” - Werner Heisenberg
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
I’m not smarter, I just think more.
-- Vladimir N. Gribov
I’m not smarter, I just think more.
-- Vladimir N. Gribov
March 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
I’m not smarter, I just think more.
-- Vladimir N. Gribov
I’m not smarter, I just think more.
-- Vladimir N. Gribov
“…and if you want to plug equations in to other equations, you study Physics.”
-My math professor
-My math professor
March 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“…and if you want to plug equations in to other equations, you study Physics.”
-My math professor
-My math professor
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pete hegseth accidentally texted me the true value of the hubble constant??
March 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
pete hegseth accidentally texted me the true value of the hubble constant??
“Most people don’t cast a glance at the universe beyond the world we live in until the day they die.” -Cixin Liu, Death’s End
February 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“Most people don’t cast a glance at the universe beyond the world we live in until the day they die.” -Cixin Liu, Death’s End
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This is the clearest photo ever taken of Venus.
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February 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is the clearest photo ever taken of Venus.
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I’d just like to shout out humans for at least seeing through NFTs as the most idiotic idea possible.
February 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’d just like to shout out humans for at least seeing through NFTs as the most idiotic idea possible.
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This means recession. “Lowering aggregate demand” is definitionally a cause of recession.
WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: TRUMP WANTS TO FIGHT INFLATION BY INCREASING LABOR SUPPLY AND LOWERING AGGREGATE DEMAND -CNBC INTERVIEW
February 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This means recession. “Lowering aggregate demand” is definitionally a cause of recession.
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Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
February 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
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The champions of Free Speech are now forcing scientists to retract submitted publications until they can be checked for the appearance of “forbidden terms.”
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The champions of Free Speech are now forcing scientists to retract submitted publications until they can be checked for the appearance of “forbidden terms.”
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Two papers recently looked for signs of Dyson spheres by searching for infrared excess, which occurs when surrounding material absorbs light from a star and re-emits it as heat, causing astronomers to see more infrared light coming from a star than they would expect from the star itself.
February 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Two papers recently looked for signs of Dyson spheres by searching for infrared excess, which occurs when surrounding material absorbs light from a star and re-emits it as heat, causing astronomers to see more infrared light coming from a star than they would expect from the star itself.
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In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive search for an answer to a centuries-old question: are we alone in the universe? 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive search for an answer to a centuries-old question: are we alone in the universe? 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
One of the largest searches for alien life started 30 years ago. Its legacy lives on today
‘Project Phoenix’ was initiated by small research organisation known as the SETI Institute. But it was lucky to get off the ground.
theconversation.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
https://buff.ly/40Hlia8
In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive search for an answer to a centuries-old question: are we alone in the universe? 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive search for an answer to a centuries-old question: are we alone in the universe? 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
“Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true”
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
January 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true”
Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
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Trump putting huge tariffs on major trading partners while pressuring the Fed to arbitrarily lower rates will have the effect of speed running the U.S. economy into a brick wall.
January 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trump putting huge tariffs on major trading partners while pressuring the Fed to arbitrarily lower rates will have the effect of speed running the U.S. economy into a brick wall.
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Last month CBO estimated the costs of 10 percent tariffs. But now Trump is saying 25. Should you just multiply by 2.5?
No. Basic economics says the loss from tariffs is nonlinear, to a first approximation the square of the tariff rate. So what Trump has promised is SIX TIMES WORSE than CBO analyzed
No. Basic economics says the loss from tariffs is nonlinear, to a first approximation the square of the tariff rate. So what Trump has promised is SIX TIMES WORSE than CBO analyzed
January 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Last month CBO estimated the costs of 10 percent tariffs. But now Trump is saying 25. Should you just multiply by 2.5?
No. Basic economics says the loss from tariffs is nonlinear, to a first approximation the square of the tariff rate. So what Trump has promised is SIX TIMES WORSE than CBO analyzed
No. Basic economics says the loss from tariffs is nonlinear, to a first approximation the square of the tariff rate. So what Trump has promised is SIX TIMES WORSE than CBO analyzed
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What about prices? The cost of a gallon of gasoline relative to wages is near a 20-year low 2/
January 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
What about prices? The cost of a gallon of gasoline relative to wages is near a 20-year low 2/
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Bloomberg says that Trump will immediately declare a national energy emergency. We all know why — it will be about gutting environmental protection. But still worth noting that US energy is actually doing fine, with production > consumption and exports > imports 1/
January 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Bloomberg says that Trump will immediately declare a national energy emergency. We all know why — it will be about gutting environmental protection. But still worth noting that US energy is actually doing fine, with production > consumption and exports > imports 1/
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
David Hilbert one day noticed that a certain student had stopped attending class. When told that the student had decided to drop mathematics to become a poet, Hilbert replied, “Good — he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician.”
-- Robert Osserman
David Hilbert one day noticed that a certain student had stopped attending class. When told that the student had decided to drop mathematics to become a poet, Hilbert replied, “Good — he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician.”
-- Robert Osserman
January 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
David Hilbert one day noticed that a certain student had stopped attending class. When told that the student had decided to drop mathematics to become a poet, Hilbert replied, “Good — he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician.”
-- Robert Osserman
David Hilbert one day noticed that a certain student had stopped attending class. When told that the student had decided to drop mathematics to become a poet, Hilbert replied, “Good — he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician.”
-- Robert Osserman
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Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
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"The best possible knowledge of a whole does _not_ include the best possible knowledge of its parts -- and this is what keeps coming back to haunt us."
-Erwin Schrödinger, on quantum entanglement, 1935
-Erwin Schrödinger, on quantum entanglement, 1935
January 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"The best possible knowledge of a whole does _not_ include the best possible knowledge of its parts -- and this is what keeps coming back to haunt us."
-Erwin Schrödinger, on quantum entanglement, 1935
-Erwin Schrödinger, on quantum entanglement, 1935
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There are things we fundamentally don't understand about quantum mechanics in terms of the back-end workings: how a wavefunction "collapses" and what exactly makes entanglement work, etc. But we know it DOES work and we can calculate how. We're not out at sea with this stuff. Not at all.
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January 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
There are things we fundamentally don't understand about quantum mechanics in terms of the back-end workings: how a wavefunction "collapses" and what exactly makes entanglement work, etc. But we know it DOES work and we can calculate how. We're not out at sea with this stuff. Not at all.
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Happy perihelion! At 13:28 UTC, Earth reached its closest point to the sun in its orbit, a mere 147,104,000 million km distant, about 1.5% closer than average. It's all uphill now until aphelion in July.
January 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Happy perihelion! At 13:28 UTC, Earth reached its closest point to the sun in its orbit, a mere 147,104,000 million km distant, about 1.5% closer than average. It's all uphill now until aphelion in July.
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Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) by JWST.
This is what the universe looked like a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
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This is what the universe looked like a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
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January 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) by JWST.
This is what the universe looked like a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
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This is what the universe looked like a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
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