Sean Carroll
@seanmcarroll
Physics, philosophy, complexity. @JohnsHopkins & @SFIscience. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. Increasingly at Bluesky rather than here.
Most of my social-media activity is elsewhere, but I've been hanging around X to advertise the podcast and occasionally make a political point. But it's become too unpleasant, I have better ways to spend my time. And ultimately I do agree with this sentiment.
Next Thursday 5/29, 7:00pm at Johns Hopkins: Alison Gopnik @AlisonGopnik gives the Distinguished Lecture in Natural Philosophy on "The Evolution of Human Intelligences: Exploit, Explore, Empower." Open to all! naturalphilosophyhopkins.org/event/third-an…
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @JeffreyGoldberg. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
It is important to be very clear. The people you see in this photo have not had any due process whatsoever between being uprooted from their lives & families in the U.S. and finding themselves now in CECOT prison in El Salvador: apnews.com/article/trump-…
The self-proclaimed free-speech warriors were always running a con. Amazing how many people fell for it.
The trump administration has banned the use of hundreds of words. These include "woman," "sex," "LGBT," and "antiracism" - NYT The list of 200 undesirable words was published by the New York Times. They included: "woman," "man," "antiracism," "discrimination," "feminism,"…
What a pointless betrayal of some of our brightest young scholars.
we just cut off the funds of Fulbright scholars overseas? woub.org/2025/03/07/ful…
There are going to be Stand Up for Science events this Friday in DC and around the country. Gotta do what we can to be heard.
Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. scim.ag/3XlYkEu @NewsfromScience