About Aron Wall
I am a Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. Before that, I read Great Books at St. John's College (Santa Fe), got my physics Ph.D. from U Maryland, and did my postdocs at UC Santa Barbara, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Stanford. The views expressed on this blog are my own, and should not be attributed to any of these fine institutions.
A friend from Real Life™ emailed me the following question. I just realized this was nine months ago. So, after a period of procrastination long enough to literally make a baby, I am now responding. Chris writes: A recurring theme … Continue reading →
I have written up the rules for a party game called Philosopher Cats, which I have linked to from my website. If your family is bored over the holidays, try it out and let me know how it goes. Merry … Continue reading →
Conciliar Post is a group blog whose goal is to publish meaningful dialogue between members of different Christian traditions. My wife's friend St. Elizabeth, who is an Orthodox Christian, connected me with the organizers of CP, and I am pleased … Continue reading →
So g and I were discussing the nature of Consciousness in another thread, and he said something here that I've been meaning to reply to for a while. We were discussing Chalmers' arguments (described in this paper and elsewhere) that … Continue reading →
[Historical Note: this blog post was written prior to the U.S. Presidential election of 2016. However, it highlights an issue which I think has been a problem with American politics for as long as I've been paying attention to it.] … Continue reading →