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.
I’ve written a pop-article about Time Machines and Event Horizons, which has appeared on the Scientific American blog Critical Opalescence. George Musser, my host, is an editor at Scientific American, and kindly gave me this opportunity to talk about some … Continue reading →
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Speaking of the God of the Gaps™, I was myself accused of believing it just the other day. I was at dinner with Raphael Bousso, Eva Silverstein, Ori Ganor, and some other physicists, and they were discussing fine-tuning and questions … Continue reading →
Then there is the phrase “The God of the Gaps”™. In any long discussion on “Science and Religion”, this phrase must eventually be deployed by one or the other party, either by the skeptic (with a triumphal tone as of … Continue reading →
Recently, Sean Carroll (cosmologist and atheist, whom I have met a couple times at physics events) and St. William Lane Craig (philosopher and Christian apologist) had a debate about this topic: “God and Cosmology: The Existence of God in Light … Continue reading →
Another question from St. Paul, the reader from New Zealand: I hope that you are well and that you are having fun with your work. I see that you posted our email exchange on your blog, it was a great … Continue reading →