Having introduced the subject of comparing religions, we will now analyze the first question: 1. Has the religion persuaded a significant fraction of the world population, outside a single ethnic group, to believe in it? One of the reasons for … Continue reading
A while back, a reader named "Martin B" once asked me this question about other religions: May I ask what it is that makes you think Christianity stands out and is more believable than other religions and faiths on this … Continue reading
Since it's now 2019, it's a good time to clear out some random links I've got bookmarked to show you. Here they are: ♦ You can't take an introductory psychology course without hearing about Zimbardo's "Stanford Prison Experiment", but in … Continue reading
Everyone seemed to love the panel discussion on "Is time travel possible?", featuring Veritasium's Derek Muller as host; and Nima Arkani-Hamed, Daniel Harlow, Daniel Jafferis, and myself as panelists. We had a lot of fun with it, but also there's … Continue reading
I've recently won a pretty big prize in theoretical physics, called the New Horizons Prize. This is a smaller version of the Breakthrough Prize which is awarded to more junior researchers. My prize is shared with MIT's Daniel Harlow and … Continue reading
