Since it's now 2019, it's a good time to clear out some random links I've got bookmarked to show you. Here they are: ♦ You can't take an introductory psychology course without hearing about Zimbardo's "Stanford Prison Experiment", but in … Continue reading
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
