Nikolai Kitanine

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There is a very nice example where it happens

doi.org/10.1103/Phys...

Theoretically yes. One can define the state of thermal equilibrium with density matrix \exp(-\beta H)

It is a good general rule of thumb that the people who repeat "science is political" as a self-evident mantra that requires no definition of what they mean by "science" or "political", really mean that science should be distorted to conform to THEIR politics.

Played this game with a predictable result

SciPost is in danger of going out of business: instead of paying APCs, support a virtuous publisher! #OpenAccess #DiamondOA
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Oui

A lot of people are joining bsky, so this starter pack (despite being just a couple of weeks old) is now rather outdated. It is (I hope) still a decent starting point, but if you should be on it and I missed you, just let me know.
go.bsky.app/CH3YDz7

It converges rapidly to the simple question “do I know the sender?”