Ron Buck

Again, a moment to pause & appreciate the cool professionalism of those in & around the Key Bridge at 1:24 am Tuesday. Ship’s pilot radios in that ship has lost steerage & will hit bridge. Someone (maritime control?) transmits urgent alert to Maryland/Balt police dispatch… —>

@seanmcarroll ‘Bout time

Whew, finally figured out the theory of everything. I’ll tweet all about it later.

I guess, if it's "radical" to dredge up discredited 30-year-old ideas and ignore the mountains of evidence that they are wrong. Credulously spreading bad science doesn't make the world a better place.

@seanmcarroll Didn’t really doubt it ;)

@ronbuck I.e. yes, it was spoken correctly.

Dumping bad news while the world is distracted: I must admit that the first printing of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe has a typo in which I write pi as 3.14139… Just more reason to sell lots of copies so a new printing comes out asap.

There's this thing where I state quite clearly, right here on Twitter, that some proposition X is incorrect, and yet people out there in the world continue to claim X anyway. Baffling.

@seanmcarroll A maze of twisty passages :)

Ah, this takes me back. My first online experience was playing the text-based game Adventure on The Source. (See them log on at 10:00.) Had to wait to 6pm to get the lower rate. Also features some admirable but optimistic musings on online privacy. youtube.com/watch?v=H18PDF…

The Many Worlds of QM talk starting in half an hour! Streamed on YouTube if you’re not in Santa Fe. m.youtube.com/watch?v=nOgalP…

Tomorrow! Live in person in Santa Fe, or virtually on the YouTube. I've talked about this stuff many times, but here I'm trying out some new angles.

Working hard to make useful products & services for your fellow humans is deeply morally good

Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov said similar things a couple of decades earlier.

Fascinating story about how one fellow pointed at a bottleneck in our supply chain jam at the ports... a head-slapper that got solved within 8 hours once the brilliantly simple solution was pointed out ...AND THE RIGHT PEOPLE LISTENED. thezvi.wordpress.com/2021/10/28/an-…

In this case, the relationship between time reversal, reversibility, and CPT. Nobody ever explains this correctly! Happily, the book I’m writing will. :)

The Fall; or, Dodge in Hell ebook is just $1.99 today only (Aug 18th). Download it wherever you buy your ebooks – it includes a sneak peek excerpt from @nealstephenson ‘s new novel, TERMINATION SHOCK, on sale Nov. 16th. harpercollins.com/products/fall-…

NASA has selected Falcon Heavy to fly Europa Clipper! Launching in October 2024, this interplanetary mission will study whether Jupiter's icy moon Europa could have conditions suitable for life. go.nasa.gov/3iGmYKV

@seanmcarroll @preskill Very much looking forward to this!

Mindscape 153 | John Preskill @preskill on Quantum Computers and What They're Good For. (Some things, but not everything you might think.) #MindscapePodcast preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2021/0…

Investigations into an insurrection shouldn’t require bipartisan support from the side that incited the insurrection.

In the wake of terrorists storming the US Capitol on 1/6, Republicans have responded by doubling down on the big lie of a stolen election, and the background conviction that any election they lose is illegitimate. This is the party leadership, not a fringe group.

@DavidBrin Yes to all three :)

Only one of the greatest books ever, model for my novels EARTH and EXISTENCE. $2.99 til Thursday. twitter.com/HNTurtledove/s…

What is sedition? dlvr.it/Rq3H5P