What does truth have to do with science?
Cool Story, Bro
It can be useful to speculate about scientific models, but it’s important not to take those speculations too seriously.
Wants And Needs
If you ever want an interesting conversation with a physicist, ask them about free will.
Self Centered
Everything you experience is experienced from your personal perspective. That seems like a rather obvious statement, but it also applies to humanity as a whole. Everything we experience in the universe is from our point of view. Cosmologically that view is a very narrow window. Humanity has only been around for a moment of cosmic time. We see the heavens …
Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons
Although its easy to see the absurdity in a self-declared scientific genius, it is similar to an attitude taken by some scientists with a dim view of philosophy. Plato, Aristotle and Socrates may have been deep thinkers, but philosophers are idiot scientists. Except they aren’t.
Boltzmann’s Brain
Ludwig Boltzmann was a physicist who developed statistical mechanics, which connects Newtonian physics of particles to thermodynamics. Boltzmann’s kinetic theory not only explained how heat, work and energy are connected, it also gave a clear definition of entropy. While this revolutionized our understanding of everything from heat to the universe, it also led Boltzmann to a rather puzzling idea known as a Boltzmann brain.