New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology

A collaborative research project in #philosophyofcosmology, led by Chris Smeenk & Jim Weatherall. Made possible through the support of a @templeton_fdn grant.

[Bonn History and Philosophy of Physics @hppBonn]

New open access paper by our PostDoc Niels Martens: "Dark Matter Realism".

https://t.co/6brKZkjdrp

[Bonn History and Philosophy of Physics @hppBonn]

Our special issue on Dark Matter & Modified Gravity is complete, including an open access editorial about integrating dark matter, modified gravity, and the humanities. Lots of physics, philosophy and history.

Open Access editorial: https://t.co/ZZxlZJaSnh

[New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology @phil_cosmo]

Reminder: This Monday, Aug 9, is the start of our conference on simulations in #cosmology. Aug 9 will focus on code comparisons & Aug 10 on model complexity. Join us! https://t.co/GOOtXTX2nI

[New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology @phil_cosmo]

Aug 13: Join us for our upcoming workshop, Emergence in Cosmology, exploring issues in matrix theory & quantum gravity. Registration is open now! https://t.co/pvBV5ZlQOH

[New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology @phil_cosmo]

Registration is now open for our Cosmological Multiverse Workshop. Don't forget to sign up! https://t.co/D2mRgnxecM

[Perimeter Institute @Perimeter]

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, which unveiled humanity's first glimpse of a black hole in 2019, has achieved another milestone! Perimeter is a proud member of the global EHT team.

[New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology @phil_cosmo]

We are putting together a workshop at the end of August on Self-locating Uncertainty in the Cosmological Multiverse. Stay tuned for a conference schedule and talk titles! Visit our website for more information https://t.co/D2mRgnxecM

[Perimeter Institute @Perimeter]

Four fascinating public lectures. A quiz about Einstein. A conversation between @carlorovelli and @AstroKatie about demystifying quantum mechanics. Get all that and more in the latest edition of ICYMI! https://t.co/TU6FDRQ4FD

[New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology @phil_cosmo]

Very exciting to see Carlo on this list!

[carlo rovelli @carlorovelli]

https://t.co/xvfcsTLd0k Wow! What a surprise... (anybody willing to vote?)

[Francesca Vidotto @francesvidotto.bsky.social @FrancesVidotto]

#LoopyTuesday There are currently running 3 different QG sessions at the MG meeting. Our students (Pietropaolo Frisoni, Farshid Soltani, Patrick Fraser) were presenting their recent work made in @WesternU covering topics such as cosmology, black holes, spinfoam and numerics!

[New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology @phil_cosmo]

The list of speakers for our Conference on Philosophical Aspects of Simulations in Cosmology has been announced! Don't forget to check out our website for more information and to register to attend! https://t.co/GOOtXTX2nI

[Rotman Philosophy @rotmanphilo]

🛸Is there other intelligent life in the universe? Rotman Director Chris Smeenk offers commentary on this classic question in a recent article about UFO sightings & the search for extra-terrestrial life. https://t.co/bj8VSF2ejo

[NRF/SARAO @SKA_Africa]

Green light given for construction of world’s largest radio telescope arrays! Read more: https://t.co/oPPTEKx5Ll

[New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology @phil_cosmo]

The New Philosopher Writers' Award is open for submissions! There are a number of awards with a variety of themes that submissions must be based on. Find out more information on their website: https://t.co/qPxjyxjktB

[ESO @ESO]

"Comets are like cats: they have tails and they do precisely what they want.” Find out who said this and why comets are so challenging to study in our latest #ESOblog

🔗 https://t.co/yUUqEIjmpM

Credit: S. Deiries / @ESO

[New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology @phil_cosmo]

Thank you to everyone who applied for our Seed Fellowship Grant. We are pleased to announce that we have chosen 4 recipients and are excited to see where their research takes them! Congratulations all! https://t.co/8jKmLcG4fP

[New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology @phil_cosmo]

We are putting together a conference in August on Philosophical aspects of simulations in cosmology. Stay tuned for a conference schedule and a list of speakers in the upcoming weeks! Visit our website for more information https://t.co/GOOtXTX2nI

[carlo rovelli @carlorovelli]

Gasp... https://t.co/dXHKPbxFTE

[Physics World @PhysicsWorld]

Black holes are nature’s fastest data-scramblers, and secrets thrown into them may be more secure than previously thought: even if the information later emerges as Hawking radiation, a quantum machine learning algorithm won't be able to unscramble it. https://t.co/lndyPDZ8cx

[Francesca Vidotto @francesvidotto.bsky.social @FrancesVidotto]

#LoopyTuesday Countdown to the 2021 Loop Quantum Gravity Summer School starting next Monday and lasting 3 weeks. Take the chance: this year the school is completely online! https://t.co/W6iZ79Ek7j