Daryl Janzen

This is a new term for me. The people’s voice. And what you’re sayin about keeping better ideas from arising while skewing reality makes sense. It aligns with what happened during the scientific revolution for instance, hindering the discovery that Earth is a planet.

Oh it’s all good. Did anybody ever benefit from an oversized ego? I’m happy, just didn’t play the game, really.

It probably helps that my career/life has been anything but un-humbling.

My approach to interactions with students, superstar academics, and everyone in between has always been the same: we’re all people; we all matter—until some prove otherwise. Treat everyone you meet with respect until they show you different. Being dishonest is to me the worst kind of disrespect.

When I first started teaching, an amazing, seasoned instructor confessed in a meeting that he’d recently responded idk to a student, and how liberating it was to admit. Ego/imposter syndrome are REAL. Everyone in academia has a superiority complex. Being honest should not be so difficult.

On your other point, I’d love to chat with these two (or all three) about this issue. It’s incredibly interesting and nuanced.

On the point about flat-earthers, I’ve been thinking about writing an essay I’d call something like “Your Frustration with Flat Earthers Reveals More About Your Own Ignorance of Science Than Theirs”. The Earth isn’t round because people commonly believe it is. That’s no reason anyone should accept.

His point is to trust experts, or authority. But his schoolboy story is a perfect example where the teacher/public directive undermines their credibility. Even the kids see right through it because it doesn’t make sense.

Interesting referral. In many ways, my essay presents a counter-argument to Nichols’ point around 30 min about experts needing to plant a flag. The need to simply trust the Nobel astrophysicist who says Earth is round. But doesn’t he undermine his own argument with the desk example near the end??

No, Professors Penrose, Steinhardt and Turok: Albert Einstein did NOT propose a cyclic cosmology They’ve proven themselves fallible—not just capable of error, but of seeing what they want to see; inventing their own truth. Once you’ve seen that, can you ever trust it’s the only time?

Sorry not sorry.

They’ve proven themselves fallible—not just capable of error, but of seeing what they want to see; inventing their own truth. Once you’ve seen that, can you really trust them?

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Oh thanks! Sorry for not realising that and pestering you.

@physgal.bsky.social can you please add me to the physics feed as well?

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Thanks!

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Hey physgal! Attempting a re-ping. Can you please add me?

Space-time does not exist. And the distinction matters for #physics, #cosmology, and the #philosophy of #time

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Did Einstein misunderstand relativity? Einstein gave us relativity. But what if he misunderstood its true meaning — and led generations of physicists astray? In this essay, I argue that he did exactly that. Curious whether you find the …

Einstein gave us relativity. But what if he misunderstood its true meaning — and led generations of physicists astray? In this essay, I argue that he did exactly that. Curious whether you find the reasoning convincing.

🔭🧪#cosmology

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Thanks for publishing my article!

Space-Time Doesn't Actually Exist Whether space-time exists should neither be controversial nor even conceptually challenging, given the definitions of “space-time,” “events” and “instants.” The id

"The idea that space-time exists is no more viable than the outdated belief that the celestial sphere exists: both are observer-centred models that are powerful and convenient for describing the world, but neither represents reality itself." www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...

Space-time is a powerful and useful map — but it isn’t reality itself. Building from first principles, I argue that space-time, as the sum of all events, literally cannot exist. Recognising this distinction clears up a century of conceptual confusion in physics.

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Hey thanks! I appreciate it :)

Hi, I’m a physicist/cosmologist/astronomer. Please add me!
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One Hundred Thousand Reads: How a Big Idea About Space-Time Found a Big Audience My Conversation article on the nature of space-time just crossed 100,000 reads. This isn’t just a milestone — it’s proof that big, difficult questions about the nature of reality still resonate. He…

My article on the nature of space-time just crossed 100,000 reads. This isn’t just a milestone — it’s proof that big, difficult questions about the nature of reality still resonate. Here’s why that matters, and why I think this is just the beginning.

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You’re assuming black holes exist, which is already a very loaded assumption when talking about the fundamental nature of “space-time” and “existence”.

Does Space-Time Really Exist? Is time something that flows — or just an illusion? Exploring space-time as either a fixed “block universe” or a dynamic fabric reveals deeper mysteries about existence, change, and the very nature of...

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What, exactly, is space-time? Physicists often say space-time “exists,” but what does that really mean? A hidden confusion between happening and being could be warping our view of reality.

What, exactly, is space-time?

Jade colored cubes in several rows.

Few ideas in modern science have reshaped our understanding of reality more profoundly than space-time. But what does it mean to say that space-time exists? What kind of thing is it — is space-time structure, substance or metaphor? Read here: buff.ly/fg3RmlO

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Thanks for sharing my article!! 🔭

Space-time, the interwoven fabric of space and time

Cool! Thanks @earthskyscience.bsky.social for republishing my article!

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There was always spacetime. In Newtonian physics, space and things exist in time, and spacetime is the catalog of events. Einstein equated simultaneity and frame-relative synchrony, complicating things. And Minkowski reified the manifold, so spacetime became reality not just the catalog of events.