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Physicists argue math shows reality cannot be simulated

For years, the idea that we might be living inside a vast computer program has drifted from philosophy seminars into ...
Purdue University

Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, a leading theoretical physicist and quantum mechanics pioneer, to headline Presidential Lecture Series event

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, considered one of the world’s most eminent theoretical physicists and a pioneer in modern quantum theory, will join Purdue University President ...
Quanta Magazine

Cosmic Paradox Reveals the Awful Consequence of an Observer-Free Universe

Encouraged by successes in understanding black holes, theoretical physicists are applying what they’ve learned to whole ...

Consciousness as the foundation: New theory addresses nature of reality

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of ...
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Theoretical physicist S. James Gates sees the strings tying science to the liberal arts

ORLANDO, Fla. – For Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr., mathematics is magic. The 74-year-old theoretical physicist had always loved math – it ran in the family, after all. His father and grandfather ...

Late physicist’s Nobel Prize medal donated to university where he had key idea

The late Professor Peter Higgs has gifted his Nobel Prize medal to the university where he proposed a ground-breaking idea ...

Do We Live in the Matrix? Physicists Finally Have Answer

This idea was once thought to lie beyond the reach of scientific inquiry,” said physicist Mir Faizal of the University of ...
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Physicists Say We Were Completely Wrong About How Gravity Works

A theoretical proposal published in the journal Reports on Progress in Physics is making some bold claims about our previous understanding of quantum physics. Mainly, that we were wrong. The proposed ...