Nothing. Nothing, and it was glorious. If you haven’t tried giving up social media, I highly recommend giving it a … More
Category: Academic Meta
The point of physics
Something I lost sight of for a long time is the reason I study physics, or the reason I started … More
New papers dance!
Two new papers were recently posted on the arXiv with my first two official PhD students since becoming a faculty … More
Quantum computing worst case scenario: we are Lovelace and Babbage
As we approach the peak of the second hype cycle of quantum computing, I thought it might be useful to … More
Estimation… with quantum technology… using machine learning… on the blockchain
A snarky academic joke which might actually be interesting (but still a snarky joke).
Why are there so many symbols in math?
“Mathematics is the language of the universe.” — every science popularizer ever
Chapter 4: Academic Endgame
Time to go back and unlock all the achievements.
Milking a new theory of physics
For the first time, physicists have found a new fundamental state of cow, challenging the current standard model. Coined the … More
No one is going to take you seriously
I make jokes. I do scientist. I make jokes while doing science.
How quantum mechanics turned me into a Bayesian
A few elder-statesmen of quantum theory gathered together while a handful of students listened in eagerly. Paraphrasing, one of them—quite seriously—said, “I don’t think any of the interpretations are logically consistent… but there is this ‘transactional interpretation’, where influences come from the future, that might be the only consistent one.” The students nodded their heads in agreement—I walked away.
