Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson

Lovely listener email:

"I love you both, even when your jokes are a bit corny, I suppose those a moments I realise I'm listening to nerds, but I'm a nerd too so that's not a criticism etc...you make me feel that I've been educated by friends. Thank you so much for what you do."

19.11.2025 22:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What do the red lines mean?

18.11.2025 13:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Is Twitter just ... gone?

18.11.2025 13:10 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Hi Ken -- just sent you an email to follow up!

16.11.2025 20:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How Bell’s Theorem Proved ‘Spooky Action at a Distance’ Is Real | Quanta Magazine The root of today’s quantum revolution was John Stewart Bell’s 1964 theorem showing that quantum mechanics really permits instantaneous connections between far-apart locations.

Did you say you thought our explanation got the classical limit wrong? AFAIK, our numbers align with these, which seem right to me: www.quantamagazine.org/how-bells-th...

Can you let me know where you think we erred?

16.11.2025 14:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

How Bell’s Theorem Proved ‘Spooky Action at a Distance’ Is Real | Quanta Magazine The root of today’s quantum revolution was John Stewart Bell’s 1964 theorem showing that quantum mechanics really permits instantaneous connections between far-apart locations.

Hi gentlemen! We are planning a whole episode on retrocausality very soon. Or maybe we'll just go back in time and insert it into this one. :)

16.11.2025 14:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Like what?

16.11.2025 06:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It means that we can describe them as part of a larger framework, not that they are identical.

It's like describing the front and back of an elephant as part of a larger unified animal. It doesn't make the front and back the same. :)

14.11.2025 19:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are you in Boston next week and want to hear two serious physicists have a conversation about aliens?

I will discuss whether aliens speak physics with @mattstrassler.bsky.social on Nov 17 at the Harvard Bookstore. @harvardbookstore.bsky.social

13.11.2025 17:45 — 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

So excited for this #scicomm seminar course this Spring! Such a great lineup! Featuring @danielwhiteson.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @weinersmith.bsky.social and more! Open to all @riceuniversity.bsky.social students!

12.11.2025 01:20 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Might aliens live on a different timescale than we do? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) this week to explore some mind-stretching possibilities about alien science.
eagleman.com/podcast/128

07.11.2025 15:04 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Had a great time discussing whether "aliens speak physics" with @danielwhiteson.bsky.social .

When the aliens arrive, will they understand our physics? Will they have the same laws? Will they want to discuss the subject?

We address these Qs and many more!

Link: youtube.com/watch?v=l1Sz...

⚛️🧪

07.11.2025 15:28 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Soon i hope!

10.11.2025 06:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Will the power of AI kill scientific careers or enhance them? Explore this and more with me & physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) on this week's Inner Cosmos.
eagleman.com/podcast/128

08.11.2025 15:02 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Starts With A Bang podcast #123 - Alien physics Do aliens speak the same physics that we do, with similar laws, observables, and underlying mathematics. Maybe not, argues Daniel Whiteson.

Starts With A Bang podcast #123 – Alien physics

Do aliens speak the same physics that we do?

@danielwhiteson.bsky.social argues, in his new book and in this fascinating episode, that no, they probably don't.

I disagree; listen to the intense interview here!
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#aliens

08.11.2025 16:42 — 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Our whole planet does science only one way. How might a different planet, with different lucky accidents, have developed? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) this week to explore the possibilities of alien science.

09.11.2025 15:02 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

How do our senses steer our science? Might aliens with a different umwelt derive a different science? Dive deep this week with me & particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social).
eagleman.com/podcast/128

05.11.2025 15:04 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Exploring Alien Science with Daniel Whiteson! Podcast Episode · Part-Time Genius · 11/04/2025 · 39m

You might think to yourself, "Self, I don't care about physics. It's too complicated. Too boring. It's not relevant to my life. And worst of all, there are no jokes and very few cartoons."

This week's episode with @danielwhiteson.bsky.social will prove you wrong.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

05.11.2025 16:10 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks for having me on!

05.11.2025 02:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm famously not a fan of chemistry!

05.11.2025 02:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are planets as important as we think? Might aliens from a star's atmosphere care about different things in science? Join me & particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) for some mind-stretching surprises.
eagleman.com/podcast/128

04.11.2025 15:03 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Check it out: www.alienspeakphysics.com

04.11.2025 15:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0