Sean Carroll
Theoretical Physicist at Caltech
Scientist, writer, master of time and space. Trying to understand how the world works, one bit at a time.
Physics
http://twitter.com/seanmcarroll
http://preposterousuniverse.com/
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1231 tweets
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Shocked, *shocked* to learn that academics are punished rather than rewarded for explaining their field widely. http://is.gd/eTZBx
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Should we think of dark matter as a particle-of-the-gaps?
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Philosophy TV. "Whereof one cannot speak, one could perhaps video-blog." http://www.philostv.com/
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Music: "the art that is made out of time." -- Ursula K. LeGuin
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RT @TomLevenson : Oh yeah. Let's sidebar over at da blogs-wut say? || Write at your blog or mine, and I promise to respond!
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Video: Hawking & the superfluousness of God. I would have blogged, but I'm on hiatus. http://is.gd/eSnNh
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Video: Hawking & the superfluoukness of God. I would have blogged, but I'm on hiatus. http://is.gd/eSnNh
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I think Stephen Hawking could say "ice cream is delicious" and get massive media coverage.
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Spending a billion dollars to learn that smaller sample sizes mean larger errors. http://is.gd/eRz1R
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Dark blog energy: the science-blog universe is not only expanding but accelerating. http://is.gd/eQlH9
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No idea there was a Carroll spacetime, Carroll group, and Carroll limit. (No relation.) http://is.gd/eQcSt
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43 time & fate goddesses. Only 16 time & fate gods. http://is.gd/eQ2TB http://is.gd/eQ2Zu
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When we search for ET life, should we look for AI's, or for squishy biological organisms? http://is.gd/ePK9Y
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Zizek: Science is the source of threats, and our best hope of understanding them and finding a way to cope with them. http://is.gd/ePDAD
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A parabola of calculus. http://twitpic.com/2k39fa
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The Army takes up yoga to prepare soldiers for the rigors of deployment. http://is.gd/eNOjo
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The Calculus Diaries are here! Spread the word! The zombies will thank you. http://is.gd/eNwO2
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And referee reports would be turned in before papers were even submitted. http://is.gd/eNtPe
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In thermal equilibrium, investigations would precede murders half the time. http://is.gd/eNsJ1
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Thanks! RT @thefrogbag : Just had to tell you how much I enjoyed From Eternity to Here. A very exciting book, thank you for writing it!
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I've been there! RT @gravity_levity : A memory of my first encounter with QFT http://bit.ly/bntZ0J
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"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards." -- Kierkegaard.
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In honor of @BadAstronomer and #baduniverse, allow me to just say: w00t.
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Congrats to new Emmy Laureate, Jim Parsons! #bigbangtheory
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Stop boring Hugh Laurie. http://is.gd/eKfP7
