Prof. Joey Neilsen
Black hole astrophysicist at Villanova. Formerly: MIT, Boston University, Harvard, Kenyon College | X-rays | husband | dad of 2 | cooking. He/him. Skeets are my own.
- If you want to irritate armchair physicists on Reddit, just tell them that length contraction isn't a visible effect. Are Bluesky physicists more open-minded? ⚛️🔭🧪 Explanation: You don't see an object's length (dist. between its endpoints at a fixed time). You see photons that arrive simultaneously.
- Reposted by Prof. Joey Neilsen“AI is a tool” Imma stop you right there… the purpose of the exercise is not “essay” The purpose of the exercise is organized thought that builds and supports an argument If AI builds the argument you’ve missed the entire purpose of the exercise
- Reposted by Prof. Joey NeilsenBleak. nymag.com/intelligence...
- They had us in the first half, not gonna lie
- What’s your best “I am old and uncool” story? Mine is: I first learned about memes in a college philosophy class.
- Captain: Did you land that plane? Pilot: Yep, right in the water, like you asked Captain: Wait what
- waiter: are you ready to order? me: no wtf
