Eric Cavalcanti

Experimental metaphysicist. Associate professor in quantum physics. Past ARC Future Fellow. Papai of two.

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

Our 2020 paper on the Wigner's friend paradox was co-awarded the 2023 Ehrenfest Best Paper Award! "These theorems provide new challenges for the interpretation of quantum theory, forcing us to make some hard choices in our conception of quantum reality".
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[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

The killing of Alex Pretti seems to have elicited much more backlash than the killing of Renee Good — certainly among the right. Why do y’all think that is?

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

The 2nd amendment is not for hunting, it is not for self protection

It is there to ensure that free people can defend themselves if god forbid government became tyrannical and turned against its citizens

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

Internationalism is the radical notion that all people are people.

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

@allenanalysis This is not merely intimidation. Renee Good was literally declared a domestic terrorist and her killer is not facing any investigation for her death. You should take their words at face value.

[Franklin Delano @RedRider444]

@Suzierizzo1

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Trump wants to invoke the Insurrection Act to punish anyone who opposes him, and he’s following a four point plan to do it.

Here’s what you need to know about it — and some thoughts on how to respond.

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

@GMLuis10 You have no idea what you’re talking about. Lula has little power today, as he doesn’t control the Chamber without the “big centre” of politics. Brazil has an independent judiciary. Bolsonaro was convicted on ample evidence of plotting a violent coup.

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

@donkoclock Drug dealers *are* civilians. They may be criminals. But that’s for a court of law to decide. At least that should be the case in countries where there is such a thing as due process.

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

@sniggeringdog @DrewPavlou And as a corollary, de facto illegal.

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

Congratulations to the Brazilian Supreme Court for having the courage to convict an ex-president who conspired to cling to power. May this serve as an example for the remaining democracies in the world.

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[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

Excerpts from an interview I gave to the ABC were aired last Saturday on Radio National, celebrating 100 years of quantum mechanics. Also available on the Science Show podcast:

https://t.co/wenO8Tnc9v

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

ABC News marking 100 years since Werner Heisenberg's fateful visit to Helgoland (with some citations from yours truly):
https://t.co/vTmfp1SlT9

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

@BadFaithAct @RetroAgent12 Surely this is parody?

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

@charliwtquirks Black mirror? That was a great episode!

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

@WolftownNews @jessesingal Well I have been to many American campuses in my life, including UC. But I’m not planning to go back any time soon. What do you think I would find, and how would that affect my fear of going to the US right now?

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: Trump just got what he wanted, the IRS is moving to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status, days after he demanded it.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t about taxes.

This is about power. Harvard refused to gut its diversity programs, hand over admissions data, and let the government dictate campus speech so now they’re being punished.

This is what authoritarianism looks like: weaponizing the IRS to settle political scores while pretending it’s about “accountability.”

And if they can do it to Harvard, they can do it to anyone.

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

@WolftownNews @jessesingal Sure. Can you help me with that?

[Amanda Knox @amandaknox]

This battle over Abrego Garcia is simple. It doesn't matter that he was here illegally. It doesn't matter if he's a gang member or if he's a wife beater (both of which are disputed). It doesn't matter if you think he deserves to be deported or to be in prison. / thread

[Eric Cavalcanti @ericcavalcanti]

Jerk.

[Jonathan Gorard @getjonwithit]

Nature abhors third-order differential equations.