Temperamental Physicists

The other day I was surfing on Chris Fuchs’ website, looking for a journal reference to one of his papers. I noticed that there is a new addition to his compendia of emails about the foundations of quantum mechanics. Now, depending on your temperament, you either love or hate reading such things. Certainly, the [...]

fqxi award announcements

There has been quite a bit of discussion on physics blogs recently about the announcement of the Foundational Questions Institute grants a couple of days ago. The stated aim of the institute is:
To catalyze, support, and disseminate research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral [...]