The ideas that live outside the physics building — moral philosophy, political theory, language, and the questions science can't fully answer yet.
Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Reading Rawls, Parfit, and whatever else sparks a 2am crisis about what we owe each other. Physics trains you to ask precise questions — moral philosophy is what happens when you turn that habit on the rest of life.
Rawls · Parfit · Moral PhilosophyPolitical Theory
How institutions should be built, who gets to decide, and why so much of it comes down to competing definitions of fairness. An outsider's interest in the field, but a genuine one.
Political Theory · JusticePhilosophy of Science
What does it mean for a theory to be "true" versus merely useful? Where empiricism runs out and interpretation takes over — especially in quantum mechanics, where the math is uncontested and the meaning is not.
Philosophy of Physics · QM InterpretationsLanguage — Deutsch
Working toward CEFR B1 in German. Something about the precision of German grammar feels right for a physicist — cases, compound nouns, a language that seems engineered rather than evolved.
German · CEFR B1