Sean Carroll

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20 October 2026 14:06

I remain convinced that the most prestigious honor in the hospitality industry is the annual prize for Clever Way to Hide the Hair Dryer So They Will Never Find It.

Sean Carroll

seanmcarroll.bsky.social

15 October 2026 11:44

Repulsive, autocratic behavior. Well over the line for impeaching and removing everyone responsible.

Sean Carroll

seanmcarroll.bsky.social

12 October 2026 22:33

The infinitely frustrating thing about this is that AI could help us cure cancer. There are good ideas out there, and machine learning is a useful tool. And these people are managing to somehow make even that prospect seem somehow unpleasant.

Zach Weinersmith

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06 October 2026 11:53

Solved a Hilbert problem, invented the computer, defeated the Nazis AND, we now know, wrote erotic fiction staring himself. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/alan... The perfect human being.

Sean Carroll

seanmcarroll.bsky.social

06 October 2026 11:52

Such a good Nobel Prize! Francis Halzen is a great person, and “let’s turn the Antarctic ice sheet into a neutrino detector” is the kind of idea that deserves a Prize if you can pull it off.