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How The Penrose Singularity Theorem Predicts The End of Space Time

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

Roger Penrose’s singularity theorem delivers a stark conclusion: within Einstein’s general relativity, black holes are not just likely to form—they...

Penrose Singularity TheoremGeodesic IncompletenessTrapped Surfaces

Introduction to Nihilism

Academy of Ideas · 3 min read

Nihilism, in Friedrich Nietzsche’s framing, is the collapse of value: “the highest values devaluate themselves,” leaving life without an aim and...

Nietzsche NihilismMoral NihilismExistential Meaning

Are Axions Dark Matter?

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

Axions are a leading candidate for solving a major mismatch between quantum theory and experiment in the strong nuclear force—and they may also...

AxionsStrong CP ProblemPeccei–Quinn Mechanism

The Doomsday Argument

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

A statistical “doomsday” argument links the number of humans who have already lived to how long humanity is likely to last, using the same kind of...

Anthropic PrincipleDoomsday ArgumentCosmological Constant

How to Communicate Across the Quantum Multiverse

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

Quantum mechanics may be testable—and potentially usable for “telephone”-style communication across quantum branches—if the Schrödinger equation is...

Quantum InterpretationsSchrödinger NonlinearityMany Worlds

Why The Multiverse Could Be Real

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

The multiverse idea sits at the center of a high-stakes physics debate: whether positing many universes is a legitimate way to explain why our...

Multiverse TypesAnthropic PrincipleString Landscape

Is There Evidence For a Vast Multiverse?

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

A tiny, positive cosmological constant—responsible for the universe’s accelerating expansion—looks wildly “fine-tuned” compared with what quantum...

Cosmological ConstantAnthropic PrincipleMultiverse Selection

Theory of Everything Controversies: Livestream

PBS Space Time · 3 min read

A central theme of the discussion is that “theory of everything” work has stalled less because the universe is unknowable than because parts of the...

Theory of EverythingQuantum GravityFoundations of Quantum Mechanics

Gamechange: Theories Of Everything Can’t Exist, Physicists Show.

Sabine Hossenfelder · 3 min read

A new mathematical case against “final” theories of everything argues that a complete, ultimate description of nature cannot exist—not because...

Theory of EverythingMathematical IncompletenessProvability and Truth