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| | The results from the high redshift universe keep pouring in from JWST. It is a full time job, and then some, just to keep track. One intriguing aspect is the luminosity density of the universe at z > 10. I had not thought this to be problematic for LCDM, as it only depends on the...
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| | This is a paper originally submitted to Swinburne University as part of a postgraduate project. An Anthropic Universe? Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, "This is an...
| | profmattstrassler.com
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| | [This post is a continuation of this one from Monday] Coming to Terms Before we continue, a little terminology --- trivial, yet crucial and slightly subtle. Think about the distinction between the words "humanity" and "a human" and "humans"; or "higher education", "university" and "universities"; or "royalty", "king" and "kings". In each case, the three...
| | bartoszmilewski.com
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| From the outside it might seem like physics and mathematics are a match made in heaven. In practice, it feels more like physicists are given a very short blanket made of math, and when they stretch it to cover their heads, their feet are freezing, and vice versa. Physicists turn reality into numbers. They process...