Everyone seemed to love the panel discussion on "Is time travel possible?", featuring Veritasium's Derek Muller as host; and Nima Arkani-Hamed, Daniel Harlow, Daniel Jafferis, and myself as panelists. We had a lot of fun with it, but also there's … Continue reading
I've recently won a pretty big prize in theoretical physics, called the New Horizons Prize. This is a smaller version of the Breakthrough Prize which is awarded to more junior researchers. My prize is shared with MIT's Daniel Harlow and … Continue reading
A few news cycles ago, everyone was discussing the Trump administration's cruel policy of separating migrant children from their parents (and then losing track of them, which cannot be anyone's ideal of efficient government). This is a serious issue which … Continue reading
Imagine an art historian whose life work is to study Picasso paintings. She analyses the minute flecks of paint on each work, to determine their composition. She also goes to conferences where people divide the paintings into different eras, and … Continue reading
This prayer is on my mind today. It is often wrongly attributed to St. Francis, but is clearly modern. When something like this is repeated by enough different people, it can start to sound like a cliché, but none of … Continue reading
