Curt's Writings

Can Physics Explain Its Own Laws?

Why do physical laws have the form they do? Do we text the universe at 2AM: “hey, u up?

Jul 18 •

Philosophers vs. Physicists

I recently had John Norton on the podcast.

Jul 12 •

What Doubt (or Acceptance) Says About You

In order to push a boundary, you have to risk exceeding that boundary.

Jun 23 •

50 Essential Theoretical Physics Questions Every Graduate Student Must Master [Part 1 of 3]

From Noether to Entropy to AdS/CFT...

Jun 16 •

What's Actually Possible? | The Unexamined “In Principle”

When "possible" is a placeholder for thought…

Jun 13 •

Personal notes on motivation and Theories of Everything

The difference between catalyzing and catastrophe.

Jun 11 •

You are dual to everything: The Yoneda Lemma, explained.

2-cell or not 2-cell, that is the question.

Apr 7 •

Particles don't take "all possible paths simultaneously." Here's why.

Debunking the debunkers...

Apr 3 •

What is energy, actually?

The most famous asterisk in theoretical physics.

Mar 31 •

Is repetition life, not death?

Wise words on finding vitality in the mundane...

Mar 30 •

A Christian, Gödel, and a Finite Mind walk into a bar...

The following was a conversation from yesterday between a dear friend of mine, Matthew Widen.

Mar 27 •

Curt Jaimungal's 3 Rules of Writing

Some notes on pedagogy and chronicles

Mar 26 •

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