Trying to Understand Recent Heatwaves

Scientists have shown that climate change made the recent heatwaves in India and typhoons in Japan more likely. These results come from a research area known as “extreme event attribution”. I believe these studies to be well-intended but I am afraid they suggest a false sense of accuracy. The true increase in risk may be orders of magnitude higher. I explained why in this recent video: Does Climate Change cause Extreme Weather?

Other Recent Developments 

Black Hole Information Loss Paradox A few weeks ago, I commented on headlines in The Guardian and BBC news that said that the black hole information loss paradox had been solved. The Critic posted an interesting article criticizing the way the media had handled the case as well: Read more here.

Additional Storyline: Some Lovely Astropics for Star Lovers

This week's video is about my most favorite physics concept, the principle of least action. I have a section on this in my new book, but it wasn’t the right place to go into details, so I used the parts I had to cut out for my video.

One Final Note

Last week I was at a workshop about superdeterminism of retrocausality in Bonn of which I was one of the organizers. We talked about superdeterminism some months ago, and I am planning to talk about retrocausality in a future video. 

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Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

A contrarian scientist wrestles with the big questions that modern physics raises, and what physics says about the human condition. Here's the first review of my new book. Pre-order it here.