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Ethan Siegel

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Cosmologist, science communicator, author, speaker, and longtime writer of Starts With A Bang.

Not the next Carl Sagan; the first Ethan Siegel.

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Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

· 5mo ago

The idea of “theories of everything” may be fundamentally wrong All attempts at "unification" or "theories of everything" necessarily add new particles and new ingredients to the theory. Is this a fundamentally flawed approach? bigthink.com/starts-with-... #physics #fundamental #theoretical

The idea of "theories of every...

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The idea of "theories of everything" may be fundamentally wrong

For decades, theorists have been cooking up "theories of everything" to explain our Universe. Are all of them completely off-track?

Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

· 6mo ago

Can you explain the strong nuclear force without colors? The idea of a "color charge" confuses a lot of people, and the analogy certainly has its flaws. Here's how to understand the strong force without colors, and without group theory, too. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #physics #proton #quark

Can you explain the strong nuc...

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Can you explain the strong nuclear force without colors?

"Color" with respect to the strong force is just an analogy. Here's how to understand it without colors, group theory, or any advanced math.

Ethan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

· 2mo ago

Johannes Kepler, not Newton or Einstein, is science’s best role model People often look to Einstein or Newton as a scientist's best role model. But Kepler did something more important: he changed his mind when the evidence demanded it. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #kepler #science Johannes Kepler, not Newton or...