What does online dating have to do with solipsism and quantum mechanics? That age-old question answered in my latest column. johnhorgan.org/cross-check/so…

"More cancer screening primarily serves the interests of the health care system, not those of Black Americans." statnews.com/2024/08/21/can…

That's what I was going for.

I loved this project, put together by my dear friend Robert Hutchinson (RIP).

"Limerence is simply the consequence of our yearning for oneness colliding with our unbreachable solitude." johnhorgan.org/cross-check/so…

Yes, but the cognoscenti say Witten's papers are revelatory, models of clarity and depth.

I can't throw rocks as hard and far as I once did, but I still like throwing. johnhorgan.org/cross-check/on…

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Could this proposal for "first experimental clue of the quantization of gravity" be a quantum-gravity breakthrough? nature.com/articles/s4146…

I start teaching tomorrow! Time to explain why students at a tech school should study humanities: johnhorgan.org/cross-check/wh…

I start teaching my science writing seminar in two hours. Here's what my students are in for: johnhorgan.org/cross-check/ad…

Today this evil woke professor begins another semester: johnhorgan.org/cross-check/i-…

Will I wear a mask when I start teaching today? I think I will. johnhorgan.org/cross-check/sh…

Just added a new, hand-drawn image to my column on solipsism, quantum mechanics and online dating. johnhorgan.org/cross-check/so…

I'm re-reading Moby Dick as I prepare readings for my fall classes. This column is the result: johnhorgan.org/cross-check/mo…

What do Captain Ahab and Stephen Hawking have in common? johnhorgan.org/cross-check/mo…

A loopy conversation about the mind-body problem inspired this loopy column: johnhorgan.org/cross-check/is…

I'm about to moderate a discussion by Deepak Chopra and others on whether consciousness, not matter, is the fundamental stuff of reality. Life just gets weirder and weirder. sagesandscientists.org/program

Can "strange loops" solve the mind-body problem? "Hofstadter explains... how purely physical processes generate minds and meaning. Loops at the level of electrons and quarks give rise to loops at the level of genes and neurons..." by John Horgan realclearscience.com/2024/09/14/do_…

My stream-of-consciousness account of the consciousness panel at Deepak Chopra's "Sages & Scientists" shindig: johnhorgan.org/cross-check/th…