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[AI summary] The provided text is a collection of academic and philosophical works, primarily focused on cosmology, physics, and related interdisciplinary topics. It includes references to various theories, models, and debates in modern cosmology, such as dark energy, dark matter, the Big Bang, and the Boltzmann Brain problem. There are also discussions on philosophical implications, such as the nature of reality, the role of observation, and the relationship between science and religion. The text spans multiple disciplines, including philosophy, physics, and the history of science, with a particular emphasis on the conceptual and epistemological challenges in cosmology.
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Einstein's gravity is widely seen as the most beautiful theory in all of physics. But dark energy, quantum physics, and string theory all raise questions.
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4gravitons has proposed a challenge: To explain scientific papers appearing on arXiv on a given day in a given (sub)field to a general audience. The challenge is directed towards fellow science communicators so that definitely excludes me. But one of my old year thoughts (turned to a new year resolution) for this blog was to...
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So, Part II of my two-part series for American Scientist magazine about how to recognize random numbers is now out. This part---whose original title was the one above, but was changed to "Quantum Randomness" to fit the allotted space---is all about quantum mechanics and the Bell inequality, and their use in generating "Einstein-certified random numbers."
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