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The pension plan

November 29, 2016by Joe 75 Comments

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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Opinion, Science

A descent into chaos

November 21, 2016by Joe 57 Comments

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.

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Physics, Science

It’s a coincidence, right?

November 9, 2016by Joe 57 Comments

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?

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Philosophy of Science, Physics, Science

What happens behind my back?

November 4, 2016by Joe 31 Comments

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.

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Physics, Science

Conscious thought and fuzzy reality

October 26, 2016by Joe 62 Comments

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.

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Physics, Science

Why skin a cat at all?

October 15, 2016by Joe 65 Comments

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?

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Physics, Science

Deprogram perceptions

July 26, 2016by Joe 24 Comments

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 […]

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Physics, Science

It’s moving fast, apparently

July 17, 2016by Joe 5 Comments

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 […]

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Physics, Science

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