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About fbenedictus

Philosopher of physics at Amsterdam University College and Utrecht University, managing editor for Foundations of Physics and international paraclimbing athlete

Time in Physics – catchphrases and concepts

Posted on March 29, 2022 by fbenedictus

I’ve written a paper in which I put into perspective the media catchphrase “time does not exist”. Below you’ll find the introduction to my paper and a link to the whole thing. Enjoy! Many popular-science books state that time does … Continue reading →

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Reign of Error: Chapter Five

Posted on September 9, 2021 by fbenedictus

Previously in ‘Reign of Error’: the village elders consider a cleaning droid, which has crashed down from a space-ship, as the emissary of their Wargod, whom they ask for advice in important political matters. The cleaning droid doesn’t understand the … Continue reading →

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Reign of Error: Chapter Four

Posted on August 18, 2021 by fbenedictus

Previously in ‘Reign of Error’: Isaac has found the cleaning droid in a cave, where it had crashed down. When Isaac showed it to the elders in his village, they believed that it had been sent by the Wargod, and … Continue reading →

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Reign of Error: Chapter Three

Posted on August 4, 2021 by fbenedictus

Previously in ‘Reign of Error’: our cleaning droid, CD-2, is crashing down, while on the planet below a boy Isaac is looking for mushrooms in a cave. Isaac is angry with his father, the village chieftain, for having sacrificed an … Continue reading →

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Reign of Error: Chapter Two

Posted on July 27, 2021 by fbenedictus

Our cleaning droid, CD-2, is crashing on a blue-greenish planet, but what is happening on the planet below? Read on to find out!

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Reign of Error: Chapter One

Posted on July 20, 2021 by fbenedictus

“…It all started when the first manned interstellar mission ever recorded was carried out by the society that had produced me. Ever recorded, because scientists had been unable to determine whether the feat had been accomplished by one of the … Continue reading →

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The reign of Error: prologue

Posted on July 12, 2021 by fbenedictus

This summer I’ll continue writing my short story series ‘Alice in Numberland’, but before I do, I’d like to share with you a SF-like story I wrote several years ago. What motivated me to write it was, believe it or … Continue reading →

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Coping with covid II: English translation

Posted on December 29, 2020 by fbenedictus

I promised that I would write another blogpost (click here for the first) about how I cope with the whole quarantine situation, so here it is. The second part of my strategy is to do a lot of writing. That … Continue reading →

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Het ideale kerstcadeau!

Posted on December 15, 2020 by fbenedictus

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What is the philosophy of physics?

Posted on October 21, 2020 by fbenedictus

Physics and its philosophy Physics is the search for a mathematical model which describes the phenomena around us. New physics usually starts with observing something that cannot be explained, after which a hypothesis is formulated which explains the observations. The … Continue reading →

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