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Oh, they used the G word. The Guardian put “playing God” in the headline of my article today on mitochondrial replacement, and now everyon...

I'm very glad some folks are finding this exchange on Many Worlds instructive. That was really all I wanted: to get a proper discussion ...

OK, picking up from my last post, I think I see a way whereby we can leave this. Advocates of the Many World Interpretation will agree that ...

OK, I get the point. Sean Carroll really doesn’t care about problems of the ontology of personhood in the Many World Interpretation. I figur...

Here is the pre-edited version of my article for Aeon on the Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum theory. I’m putting it here not because...

For the record, my op-ed in the International New York Times . ______________________________________________________________ You might...

Here’s my latest Material Witness column for Nature Materials . _______________________________________________________________________...

Here’s the longer version of my latest news story for Nature . I love this stuff. I saw the experiments being done by Phil M when I visit...

The beginning of a play or book is so hard. I was reminded of this last night while watching the RSC’s new production in Stratford upon Avo...

Sorry folks: Prospect has asked that my latest piece in the February issue, a survey of the centenary year of general relativity, remains ...

Here's a longer version of my story on Nature News on the new poker-playing computer program. ______________________________________...

This is an extended version of a piece written for Research Fortnight . To celebrate its 350th anniversary, Phil. Trans. is also soon to pu...