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.
Back in the comments section of my post on Giving Thanks, an old college friend and I are discussing the age-old problem of why God permits suffering and other evils. This is a serious problem; in my view the Argument … Continue reading →
Today I went to a talk by Lawrence Krauss entitled “A Universe from Nothing”, which had the following abstract: The question, "Why is there something rather than nothing?" has been asked for millenia by people who speculate on the need … Continue reading →
Scientific Results are Examined Collaboratively. Scientists do not work alone, but in a particular kind of community. The last stage of a research project is publishing and explaining the results. Assuming these results get noticed, this begins the process of … Continue reading →
In Time as the Fourth Dimension?, I explained how to calculate the distance (or duration) squared between any two points of spacetime, using a spin-off of the Pythagorean theorem: Then I explained the Ten Symmetries of Spacetime, i.e. ways to … Continue reading →
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