Month: March 2017

On “external” definitions for computation

~ Boaz Barak ~ 15 Comments

I recently stumbled upon a fascinating talk by the physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed on the  The Morality of Fundamental Physics. ("Moral" here is in the sense of "morally correct", as opposed to understanding the impact of science on society. Perhaps "beauty" would have been a better term.) In this talk, Arkani-Hamed describes the quest for finding scientific theories … Continue reading On “external” definitions for computation

The immigration ban is still antithetical to scientific progress

~ Boaz Barak ~ 2 Comments

By Boaz Barak and Omer Reingold President Trump had just signed a new executive order revising the prior ban on visitors from seven (now six) muslim-majority countries. It is fundamentally the same, imposing a blanket 90-day ban on entry of people from six countries, with the conditions for lifting the ban depending on the cooperation of these … Continue reading The immigration ban is still antithetical to scientific progress