EPR paradox

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The calculus of creative discipline

5 min read
Culture Op-eds classical mechanics creative discipline critical points Dan Shechtman differential calculus EPR paradox fantasy fiction Imre Lakatos JK Rowling Karl Popper literary criticism M John Harrison Malazan Book of the Fallen mathematical analysis nerdism Niels Bohr Paul Feyerabend Philosophy of Science quasicrystals replication crisis smooth functions Steven Erikson Thomas Kuhn Viriconium world-building

Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over world-building. World-building is dull. World-building literalises the urge to invent. World-building gives an unnece…

Disentangling entanglement

9 min read
Scicomm Alain Aspect Albert Einstein Anton Zeilinger Boris Podolsky communication loophole detection loophole EPR paradox John Clauser John Stewart Bell Nathan Rosen Niels Bohr Nobel Prize for physics quantum entanglement Rober Hanson spooky action at a distance Wolf Prize

There has been considerable speculation if the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for physics, due to be announced at 2.30 pm IST on October 8, will include Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger. They&…