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Everything filed under physics physics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The most important question in physics is what life is — what makes a cell different from a rock, and how agency arises at all. The most important question inphysics is what life is — what makesa cell different from a rock, andhow agency arises at all. AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A far-fetched idea earns itsplace in physics only when youcan go out and look for itsobservational consequences. LR Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it A frontier lab should notspend its researchersharvesting results out oftoday's models; the payoff is… NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A theory of everything wouldnot finish physics: Turing andChurch laid down computation'stheory of everything in the… MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics. — tap to centre the map on it Aesthetics is truth: whensomething is beautiful it islikely to be correct, in codeas in mathematics and physics. DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI that cannot work out new physics has not equalled human intelligence, let alone surpassed it, because humans have worked out new physics. — tap to centre the map on it An AI that cannot work out newphysics has not equalled humanintelligence, let alonesurpassed it, because humans… EM Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cheap synthetic fuel made from sunlight and air would help China more than America, because it frees China from the oil it has to import. — tap to centre the map on it Cheap synthetic fuel made fromsunlight and air would helpChina more than America,because it frees China from… CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Compute platforms are converging toward one unified, globally distributed system limited only by physics. — tap to centre the map on it Compute platforms areconverging toward one unified,globally distributed systemlimited only by physics. GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Computer graphics is not the application of the laws of physics but the search for ever better approximations of them, because the exact laws are totally intractable. — tap to centre the map on it Computer graphics is not theapplication of the laws ofphysics but the search forever better approximations of… TS Tim Sweeney — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The most important question in physics is what life is — what makes a cell different from a rock, and how agency arises at all. Holds Adam Frank Read this korrent →