About Aron Wall
I am a Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. Before that, I read Great Books at St. John's College (Santa Fe), got my physics Ph.D. from U Maryland, and did my postdocs at UC Santa Barbara, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Stanford. The views expressed on this blog are my own, and should not be attributed to any of these fine institutions.
"The flesh is indeed willing, but the spirit is weak"—Jesus A while back St. Anne / Weekend Fisher asked whether human nature is basically good or totally depraved. I left a comment as follows: There is no such thing … Continue reading →
In the past week, I received two emails from some folks concerned that a speculative physics proposal called "rainbow gravity" eliminates the Big Bang and hence the beginning of the universe. They are worried that this undermines Christianity. Presumably if … Continue reading →
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"What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the spirit is spirit." — Jesus I want to talk about something which is essential to the Gospel, yet widely misunderstood. It has to do with the … Continue reading →
In the comment mines I suggested, off-handedly, three possible metaphysical explanations for consciousness, without endorsing any of them. A reader John responds to one of these suggestions: To my primitive mind, this seems to be the most valid argument: 3. … Continue reading →
A reader who goes by the name of Petronius Jablonski—I suppose I should call him St. Petronius—has been vigorously arguing against Free Will in the comments to my recent post about Special Relativity, beginning with this comment: Thanks for the … Continue reading →