Alexander Yiannopoulos
@quantabhidharma
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Ph.D., Emory University. Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory (AQFT) and Buddhist metaphysics. Formalizing the geometric structure of phenomenal experience.
New Orleans
Joined June 2020
this is humanities phd level math
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On Nov 12 the gravitational wave detectors LIGO & VIRGO detected an event that shouldn't exist The signal matches a black hole merger, but one of these black holes would weigh less then our sun! No conventional mechanism can produce such a black holes from dying stars 🧵1/5
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My (very) controversial opinion on Buddhist Twitter: the Buddha wasn’t wrong about anything whatsoever. The doctrine and presentation is perfect in every conceivable way. Perfect in the beginning, the middle, and the end. Accept this and liberate yourself. That is all 🙏
@nogginrocket I have no problem saying with confidence that I think Gautama was wrong about some things
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Now *this* is what I call analytic philosophy of religion!
New piece on how readily people proclaim “I don’t use the word belief” and a philosophical investigation into the definition. https://t.co/DtI8G5UGqw
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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers. Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us. Radio waves a few meters long simply glide past that dust.
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As academia becomes increasingly focused on simulating research activities for political grant authorities, it's up to obsessive citizen scientists to take up the baton of discovery.
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In The Sutra on Contemplation of Amitayus (Jpn: Kammuryoju Kyo), the introduction describes Prince Ajatashatru locking his mother away for defying his orders. While under the corrupting influence of the Buddha's wicked cousin, Devadatta, Prince Ajatashatru was determined to kill
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Wasn't this the plot to Metal Gear Solid 4
POLYGLOBE JUST GOT ANOTHER MASSIVE UPGRADE 🌐 DeepStateLive’s Ukraine war map is now draped directly onto the globe, live and synced with @Polymarket . Shaded control zones, shifting frontlines, Russian/Belarusian unit icons and direction of attack arrows all sitting under your
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Happy Thanksgiving!
may all sentient beings be at peace om mani padme hum om mani padme hum om mani padme hum om mani padme hum 唵嘛呢叭咪吽唵嘛呢叭咪吽唵嘛呢叭咪吽 唵嘛呢叭咪吽唵嘛呢叭咪吽唵嘛呢叭咪吽唵嘛呢叭咪吽唵嘛呢叭咪吽唵嘛呢叭咪吽 ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་| ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་| ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་
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Who is your science role model? ✍️
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@JeffreyKotyk When I completed my dissertation I commissioned a thangka depicting the intellectual lineage. Maitreya → Vasubandhu → Dignāga → Dharmakīrti → Devendrabuddhi, Śākyabuddhi, and Jinendrabuddhi
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From 2007–2012 I lived directly next to the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. My header photo is what the view from my balcony looked like.
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The dean of the university asks the head of the physics department: "Why do you need such expensive equipment? Why can't you take a cue from the math department? All they ask for is pencils, paper, and wastebaskets! Or the philosophy department? All they ask for is pencils and
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Considering a last-minute trip to Boston, it's been ages since I was there last. Who all is going to AAR?
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Quantum field theory on curved spacetime does not generically admit any privileged decomposition into +/- field modes We don't need to exorcize "Ghosts" (negative energy eigenstates); we need to learn how to live with them
In 1977, Kellogg Stelle developed a particle theory of gravity. Unpopular at the time, it was only cited 10-20 times annually. Recently, the paper is getting fresh attention, accruing more than 150 citations each year. He died in October. https://t.co/mT0SYu4JSZ
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With @JeffreyKotyk at the 2025 History of Science Society conference in New Orleans, for their fascinating panel on Chinese astrology and medicine. For lunch afterward I suggested Pêche, one of my favorite restaurants. I think the panelists had a great time!
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