Published in Predict·Mar 30Do We Know What Causes Gravity?Gravity may be caused by quantum information. — We’re often told that general relativity makes astonishingly accurate predictions, and that it’s passed every experimental test in the past 100 years. That’s only part of the truth. In simple systems general relativity works well. In complicated systems, like galaxies or the universe as a whole, its performance is abysmal. …Gravity2 min read
Published in Predict·Mar 3The Next Great Idea in Physics Will Come From an AmateurIn Lost in Math, popular physicist blogger Sabine Hossenfelder reviews how little progress physics has made in the last 20 years, and how intractable problems like quantum gravity appear to be. She offers ways for physics to get out of its rut. Scientists should avoid social and cognitive biases. Administrators…Science3 min read
Apr 11, 2020Bursting Inflation’s Bubble5 Problems People Ignore About Cosmic Inflation Cosmic inflation is a widely accepted theory, yet it has deep problems that are often overlooked. Inflation proposes that within a fraction of a second after the Big Bang, a special kind of field caused a rapid expansion of the universe. The theory…Cosmic Inflation3 min read
Published in Predict·Apr 5, 2020Nature in the BalanceAre Balanced Forces Hiding a Deeper Understanding of the Universe? — Throughout human history the same side of the moon has faced the earth. This is because the moon’s orbital speed and rotational speed are precisely matched so that as the moon orbits, the same side always faces towards the earth. If you know a lot about gravity this makes sense…Moon3 min read
