What we know about light we’ve known for over a hundred years: At the speed of light, time stops, space contracts to nothing. For light, reality is instantaneous. From our latest understanding of the very beginning of the universe – at the Big Bang – everything existed as pure light in a point a trillion […]
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Fermi’s Paradox
Why haven’t we detected other technological civilizations out among the two trillion galaxies of the observable universe? We seem to be alone. But what if we’re wrong to assume that advanced technologies in other planetary systems create superstructures? What if truly sophisticated engineering doesn’t expand but shrinks civilization? The applied science capable of harnessing ever […]
Reality and Existence
I want to meet you here, at the intersection of reality and existence. Reality is immutable things. Think of pi or the amplituhedron. Existence is the universe of three dimensions and time. A trillion spinning galaxies expanding ever faster into the void. Where do reality and existence meet? According to string theory, right here. All […]