Theoretical physicist, writer and talker. Trying to understand how things work deep down.
Behavioral economics and neuroeconomics challenge the classical assumption of perfect rationality by incorporating natural limits on human computation, willpower, and self-interest. Economics professor Colin Camerer explains that while utility maximization serves as a useful benchmark, real-world agents often rely on "...
Dark matter remains a fundamental mystery, with evidence pointing toward missing mass in galaxies that cannot be explained by ordinary matter. Physicists hypothesize that this missing mass consists of new particles, such as Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, situated a mile un...
Historical trajectories are shaped by a complex interplay between deterministic environmental factors and the agency of individual leaders. While geographic advantages—such as the availability of domesticable plants and animals—historically dictated the rise of civilizations, the influence of specific leaders depends h...
In this episode of the Mindscape podcast, Sean Carroll interviews Petter Turnberg, a professor of computational social science with a background in physics, about the application of physics-like reasoning to social science, particularly in understanding social media dynamics. They discuss the concept of "physics envy" ...
In this episode of the Mindscape Podcast, Sean Carroll interviews David Tong, a theoretical physicist at Cambridge University, about his ambitious project to write a series of textbooks covering all of theoretical physics, from classical mechanics to quantum field theory. They discuss the motivations behind this projec...
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