“Is causality an inherent and necessary characteristic of the Universe, or just an illusion produced by the way our brains interpret the world?”
That’s the opening line of an article in Nature news titled How to Build the Universe
After a long estrangment, quantum views of small-scale interactions and relativistic views of large-scale interaction have been married to reveal how quantum mechanics brings about the fuzzy, four-dimentional universe in which we live.
I appeared today before Heritage committee as I emphasized concerns with regulatory capture by legacy lobby groups on Bills C-11 & C-18. But the appearance provided the chance to sound the alarm on antisemitism and need for accountability and to speak out.
https://x.com/SarahFischer__/status/1729561117268029617?s=20
My initial thoughts on Google deal. Good news there is an agreement, but hardly a big win with less than $100M in new money in a deal available a year ago, harm from Meta’s news exit and government upending Bill C-18’s core principles to salvage the bill.
https://x.com/mgeist/status/1729966880222249257?s=20
Excellent piece on the contribution of private antitrust enforcement by @LeeHepner that is well worth your time, citing scholarship by @Robert175295943 and @JoshuaPDavis3.
Black Jews exist, and plenty of them are Israeli. Confused? let her school you.
Next stop for the @NTIAgov National Spectrum Strategy: An Implementation Plan. In 4 months, we will publish a plan for executing the activities called for by the Strategy. Today, we are seeking public input on that Plan. Please send us your best ideas!
https://www.ntia.gov/federal-register-notice/2023/notice-national-spectrum-strategy-implementation-plan-request-input
The article is very clear and the analogies are illuminating. Which is good, because I’m sure that if the article went any deeper (say, by including any math at all) I would be instantly confused.
I have always had a vague sense, a superstition left over from catechismal indoctrination by nuns, no doubt, that once quantum and relativistic theories were reconciled God would appear and say: “you win! Ding ding ding!!” and then he would press the reset button, destroy the universe so that “He” could start all over again with a big bang.
Since I’m here writing this (so far as I know) that implies that either my eschatology, or their physics, is bogus.
<i>…either my eschatology, or their physics, is bogus</i>
That may not be an either/or question, John.