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This week, the community of high-energy physicists — of those of us fascinated by particles, fields, strings, black holes, and the universe at large — is mourning the loss of one of the great theoretical physicists of our time, Joe … Continue reading →

Neuroscience hypothesizes that consciousness is generated by the inter-operation of various parts of the brain, called the neural correlates of consciousness or NCC, though there are challenges to that perspective. Proponents of Artificial consciousness (AC)believe it is possible to construct … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Of Particular Significance:
This week I’m in California, at a conference celebrating two famous professors, from whom I learned an enormous amount when I was a graduate student and postdoctoral researcher. More on this later in the…

Originally posted on Of Particular Significance:
Arguably the two greatest problems facing particle physicists, cosmologists, string theorists, and the like are both associated with an apparent failure of a notion called “naturalness”.  Until now, I’ve mostly avoided this term on…

Originally posted on Of Particular Significance:
[For your reference if you can’t follow this post: My History of the Universe, and a primer to help you understand what’s going on today.] I’m still updating this post as more information comes in and…