The pension plan
Cryogenics is something that feels like the property of science fiction yet here we are, grappling with a possible pathway to the far future.
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A descent into chaos
Entropy is the level of disorder – but that definition can lead to some misleading ideas. Sometimes it is easier to think of it as being the tendency for things to wander over time. I hate to use this phrase, but it is a tendency towards randomness.
It’s a coincidence, right?
What really is a coincidence? Is there one unified way in which all of the coincidences in the universe can be understood, or are we left with an uncomfortable illusion of luck?
What happens behind my back?
The idea of reality only existing when observed has been discussed heavily – but should the reality humans know be dependent on us logging it? We investigate what the world really looks like behind your back.
Conscious thought and fuzzy reality
Today is a “big post” which ties together some of my recent posting activity; we tackle consciousness, how that impacts our window on the universe and the fuzzy reality before us. These are by no means discrete topics; as I hope you will appreciate as the thoughts develop.
Why skin a cat at all?
Schrödinger’s cat walks into a bar. And doesn’t.
There may be more than one way to skin a cat; but why are we skinning cats at all?
Deprogram perceptions
Have you ever stopped and considered just quite how much of what you value isn’t real? Not in an abstract sense – just the simple sense of non-existence. Have a […]
It’s moving fast, apparently
The motivation for today’s post comes from some different articles I have read around inflationary cosmology, which has highlighted to me a common misconception when considering the basics of expansion. Expansion […]
Rationalising The Universe 