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https://bsky.app/profile/seanmcarroll.bsky.social/post/3mm2to6jkys2z

Published: May 17, 2026 17:02

There's a close family resemblance between "We'd be much less productive if we actually had to check every paper we cited" and "We'd not be able to deport nearly as many people if we had to give all of them due process." [contains quote post or other…

https://bsky.app/profile/seanmcarroll.bsky.social/post/3mlth5j6yls2k

Published: May 14, 2026 18:29

I get that academia forces you to specialize and professionalize and generally put aside childish things, but I remain astonished that most senior physicists have accepted the idea that it's not our job to understand the nature of reality at a deep level.

https://bsky.app/profile/seanmcarroll.bsky.social/post/3mltgqye6lk2o

Published: May 14, 2026 18:22

What do (real) physicists think about the big unanswered questions in fundamental physics? Niayesh Afshordi @nafshordi.bsky.social has made a page presenting results of an APS survey he did with Phil Halper. nafshordi.github.io/aps-dashboard/

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Published: May 11, 2026 12:56

One aspect of the egocratic ethos of our current elites in government and tech is the idea that "advice" is an outdated concept. Why think that I don't already know what is best about everything? [contains quote post or other embedded content]