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@seanmcarroll

Theoretical physicist and author at Caltech. Married to . Poetic naturalist. Asking questions of the universe, hoping they're the right ones.

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Joined February 2009
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    May 6

    The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, & the Universe Itself is out Tues! What’s inside & why I wrote it.

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  2. 13 hours ago

    For clarity: there's very strong evidence for outside attempts to sway popular opinion (); but not for hacking votes.

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  3. 13 hours ago

    Clinton campaign has been monitoring/scrutinizing election results. Thus far: no evidence of hacking or external manipulation.

    Clinton campaign lawyer on its post-election efforts:
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  4. 16 hours ago

    “Universal health care” and “other countries were worse” don’t make Castro worth celebrating. Repressive dictatorships are bad.

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  5. Nov 25

    Seems snarky, but balancing skepticism/credulity is a serious problem. Especially in an environment where outrages are thick on the ground.

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  6. Nov 25

    Ignoring things that sound like conspiracy theories, even after mountains of evidence pile up, is as bad as believing fake conspiracies.

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  7. Nov 25

    I remember a time when Republicans would have objected to Russians trying to skew a US election.

    Of all the big celebrity deaths in 2016, I think the one that surprised me the most was democracy.
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  8. Nov 25

    The Large Hadron Collider has a pretty sweet little tunnel robot

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  9. Nov 24

    Are not doubts themselves very useful?

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  10. Nov 24

    Thanksgiving! This year we give thanks for the speed of light.

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  11. Nov 23

    One of my former students suggested that I rename my US Constitutional Law class "Defense Against the Dark Arts."

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  12. Nov 23

    We Were Wrong About Consciousness Disappearing in Dreamless Sleep, Say Scientists via

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  13. Nov 23

    History teachers nationwide, nodding with satisfaction: “I *told* those kids the Emoluments Clause would be important someday."

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  14. Nov 23

    HOLY CRAP. Trump wants to dismantle NASA’s climate change research. This is a disaster.

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  15. Nov 23

    Videos of my Gifford Lectures in Glasgow have now appeared. (Well, 4 of the 5.)

    23 retweets 69 likes
  16. Nov 23

    "Humans are not equipped to understand our own temporariness.” OK Go plays with the flow of time.

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  17. Nov 23

    Good thing I’m disqualified by being an atheist. Otherwise I’d be seriously tempted to run for President.

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  18. Nov 22

    Very unlikely the election was hacked. But... elections should have national standards, be easily verified, and automatically recounted.

    Be very skeptical of stolen election claims
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  19. Nov 22

    Becoming a scientist is incredibly hard. With extra barriers for certain groups, of course they'll go elsewhere.

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  20. Nov 21

    there's a little-known statute in the constitution that if the Sixers win back to back games, the election gets a do-over

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  21. Nov 21

    Ah, the perils of overly concrete mathematical intuition.

    When we ask our toddler "what's 1+1?" she says "2" but adds units, like "2 dinosaurs" or "2 rocks." So, I guess she's not a Platonist.
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