Category Archives: Physics Bastardizations

Important upcoming deadlines

Posted on September 26, 2013 by sflammia

As part of our ongoing service to the quantum information community, we here at the Quantum Pontiff would be remiss if we didn’t remind you of important upcoming deadlines. We all know that there is a certain event coming in … Continue reading →

Posted in Physics Bastardizations | 7 Comments

El Naschie works on entanglement now

Posted on April 24, 2013 by sflammia

The Journal of Quantum Information Science will not be getting any of my papers starting today, because today is when I learned that they recently published the following gem: A Resolution of Cosmic Dark Energy via a Quantum Entanglement Relativity Theory, by … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny Ha Ha, Open Science, Physics Bastardizations, Quantum Basterdizations, Scientific Publishing | 10 Comments

More cracks in the theory of relativity?

Posted on December 24, 2011 by sflammia

When the OPERA collaboration announced their result that they had observed neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light, it rocked the entire physics community. However, despite the high statistical certainty of the claim, any sober physicist knew that the possibility … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny Ha Ha, Off The Deep End, Physics Bastardizations, Politics | 7 Comments

Geocentrism Revival

Posted on September 2, 2011 by sflammia

Seriously? A few conservative Roman Catholics are pointing to a dozen Bible verses and the church’s original teachings as proof that Earth is the center of the universe, the view that was at the heart of the church’s clash with Galileo … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Off The Deep End, Physics Bastardizations, Religion | 17 Comments

Occupational Arrows of Time

Posted on July 1, 2008 by dabacon

One of the subjects of great debate in physics goes under the moniker of “the arrow of time.” The basic debate here is (very) roughly to try to understand why time goes it’s merry way seemingly in one direction, especially … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Computer Science, Funny Ha Ha, Go Ahead, Waste Your Time, Mathematics, Physics, Physics Bastardizations, Science, Society | 14 Comments

Black Hole Bets Of a Different Kind

Posted on June 24, 2008 by dabacon

So you really think the LHC is going to swallow up the Earth by creating a black hole or a quacking duck with X-ray super powers? Why don’t you put your money where your mouth is? Not to be confused … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Physics, Physics Bastardizations | 8 Comments

A Central Non-premise of Quantum Theory

Posted on December 5, 2007 by dabacon

His Squidiness points to a real whopper of a silly article titled “Was Einstein Wrong About Special Relativity?” by Darrell Williams who is listed as a “Mathematician” and a “graduate of Arizona State University.” Continue reading →

Posted in Physics Bastardizations, Quantum Basterdizations | 15 Comments