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blog posts

What’s the climb factor of your run? - 2022 Nov. 15

reviews of videos about falling into a black hole - 2022 Nov. 25

the junk science of quantum consciousness - 2022 Nov. 29

myths and facts about water and thirst - 2022 Dec. 3

the African COVID paradox - 2022 Dec. 13

Do we all move through spacetime at the speed of light? - 2022 Dec. 18

Why can’t you go faster than the speed of light? – An explanation without equations or fallacies. - 2022 Dec. 31

Spacetime diagrams and the relative nature of time - 2023 Jan. 3

Reading relativity: recommended reading (mostly free) about Einstein’s universe, for people with a variety of math backgrounds - 2023 Jan. 4

Euclid meets Dalí: the metric in Einstein’s theory of relativity - 2023 Jan. 6

Physics didn’t take away your free will, and quantum mechanics didn’t give it back. - 2023 Jan. 7

Embrace the negative: Live better by accepting negative scientific results about health, diet, and exercise - 2023 Jan. 10

The who, when, and where of early Christianity: how little is known, and why it matters - 2023 Jan. 14

Psychopathic AI: a call to arms - 2023 Jan. 16

A summary of an interview with AI ethicist Timnit Gebru and six articles by and about her - 2023 Jan. 21