Physics

I basically failed physics in high school. It took adding some popular science books and subtracting an arrogant "teacher" for me to discover… well, discover physics.

This is "physics" in the sense that the philosophical questions that come up in [[Cosmology]] and [[Quantum Mechanics]] are physics… But fear not, no new-agey Quantum Bollocks. At least very, very, very little of it. You probably won't be able to measure it… 🥁 (I source this from the physicists themselves, reputable ones, the ones that are in videos on YouTube, so you know they are real…)

Come to think of it… Philosophy might be more of what fascinates me, but that's scary (even more so than formulas). Physics seems safe (even though [[I thought I went insane once just because of a number]]).

Questions I have and stuff I cannot wrap my tiny mind around; I try to wrap it too tightly, thus it explodes

• [[q.there is no fundamental difference etween elementary particles and black holes]]
• [[how the heck can particles be force-carriers]]
• [[gravity can be a repulsive force]]

Topics

[[physics quotes]]

Anecdotes

Physicists are an Arrogant Assembly

My high school teacher aside...

It's funny how some of the most well known concepts in physics were not coined as a way to explain, but rather as a way to belittle ideas the author found preposterous, stupid, wholly improbable.

• [[Big Bang was coined as a pejorative]]
• [[Schrödingers Cat was coined as a pejorative]]

[[Cosmology]]

• [[physicists measure the magic fine structure constant]]

[[Quantum Mechanics]]

Humour

Let's see what the media is talking about today "A map reveals a cosmic void where the laws of physics seem not to apply" "Dark Matter findings suggest Einstein's Theory of Relativity may be wrong" Sigh... It's gonna be one of those days again... –[[anton petrov]] #humour #quote

[[anton petrov]] in Detailed Proof of Dark Matter/Dark Energy Released, But Something Is Odd - YouTube

People

Kind of, very loosely, sorted in order of how much I know about them, how well I like them, how alive they are and how much they have contributed to the field.

• Sir [[Roger Penrose]]
  • I adore Penrose!
• [[Alan guth]]
• [[Lee Smolin]]
• [[Leonard Susskind]]
• [[Paul Dirac]]
• [[Carlo Rovelli]]
• [[Sabine Hossenfelder]]
  • Youtube channel with debunking and scepticism.
• [[Werner Heisenberg]]
• [[Wolfgang Pauli]]
• [[Ed Witton]]
  • Seems very well regarded.
• [[Brian Keating]]
  • Experimental cosmologist. Hosts the Into the Impossible podcast.
• [[Kip Thorne]]
• [[Neil Turok]]
• [[Brian Greene]]
  • [[string theory]]ist. Founded the World Science Festival
• [[Steven Wolfram]]
  • Is he a physicists? Well… He is working on cellular automata based physics. Was on an episode of [[into the impossible]] together with [[Eric Weinstein]]
• [[Eric Weinstein]]
  • Mathemathical physicists working outside of academia. Also pundit. A shame that his abrasiveness and smugness degrades from what I would have found to be very sympathetic antiestablishmentarianism.
• [[Garret Lisi]]
  • Has a Theory of Everything based on the E8 structure. Became financially independent after investing in Apple. Spent the money buying a house on Maui and funding the Pacific Science Institute (?) where independent scientists can come and work on their theories unencumbered and independent of rigid academic structures. Like [[Eric Weinstein]] has outsider status, also they are good friends, but use the term Arch Nemesis.
• [[Michio Kaku]]
  • Author of "The God Equation". Somewhat controversial, not everybody takes him seriously, it seems.. Early contributor to [[string theory]]
• [[Ed Copeland]]
• [[Tom Kibble]]
  • came up with [[string theory]]
• [[David Deutsch]]
• [[Stephon Alexander]]

Sources

• https://youtube.com/user/skydivephil

Notes

[[a.The Standard Model The Most Successful Scientific Theory Ever]] [[../_inbox/inbox-2021/inbox-2021-09/a.The Map of Particle Physics The Standard Model Explained]]