The code of ethics for physicists and philosophers Ethics are components of a system by which one may distinguish between two or more equally desirable and undesirable options. At least, that’s how ethics are differentiated from morals, the latter being the system by which one distinguishes between good and bad. Unlike morals, ethics do not … Continue reading A dangerous series of if-then statements
The organizational system of thought is analogous to that of a quantum mechanical system. Allow me to explain. To do so, we must endeavor to apprehend the philosophical consequences of quantum weirdness. Consider a particle, of some sort. So far, so good. Just like a human, this particle maintains certain traits that describe its … Continue reading Food for quantum thought
It is certainly fanciful to entertain the idea of nonlocal causality. Telekinesis, telepathy, action at a distance—it’s the matter of science-fiction, really. As one obsessed with the concept of communication—how it is fourfold, according to modern understanding: comprised of source, receptor, message and medium—the possibility of trifold communication is exhilarating. Truth disseminated instantaneously and through … Continue reading Action at a distance: science fiction or fact?
Is there any difference, truly, between physics and philosophy? Of course not, you knave. There’s an entire course about it. I am enrolled in this course. And what is the point of an interdisciplinary investigation that yields only support for further differentiation of said disciplines? I am a rebel, though. To spite the inevitability of … Continue reading An introduction to the philosophers in all physicists
“I want to let you know that you matter. Until you multiply yourself by the speed of light squared. Then you energy.” The chuckles of seven physics students erupt and resonate through the darkness as Annie Furman, sophomore astronomy major at Drake University, recites this joke to me. In another setting, we may have rendered … Continue reading Triple the Uncertainty Principle: Notes on observing the observers of the observatory
Is life rare? Or is it plentiful? How a machine destined for little more than giant planet study propagated the search for extraterrestrial life. Continue reading The Incidental Quest for the Holy Grail
In a 1916 paper publishing the measurement of Planck’s constant — which has since been critiqued as dramatic for its time, and Nobel-prize-worthy, among other names — Robert A. Millikan referenced Albert Einstein’s theory on the quantization of light as “reckless.” I’ll admit that to-date in my readings of scientific papers, never have I stumbled … Continue reading Reckless theories and Cubist theoreticians: an investigation into the mentality of a physicist
What are words? I assure you, my facetiousness is well tethered as I propose this question. It was conceived not out of humorous intent, neither, but rather out of desperate necessity to distinguish between intentional communication and gibberish. In exploration of this discernment, one ultimately finds that words defies the enfettered definition. Contrary to their fundamentality in every … Continue reading Lexicological Elements: Dissecting the Art of Communication
The Maverick and I have evidently decided to start a blog. She beseeched me to do so. “To relieve your periodic spouts of restless inactivity,” she said, her Icelandic grey wool tunic swaddling her as she drank tea on the café windowsill. Of course, the attractive Iowan barista walked by as I began to spew … Continue reading Mouton Numero Un | Who am I?
Hereby the Maverick 