As I studied Einstein's thoughts on relativity, I found myself wondering, "what is the speed of thought?" There are several subtle mentions of this in the book (e.g., 14-40 milliseconds to get from br
Thanks to Ben Chappell for sending this link to a nice playlist from the Fermi Lab that helps explain relativity in simple lay-person terms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txv7V_nY2eg.
It turns out that what happens in our brain the moment before we die activates the same brain regions as dreaming. This unusual discovery prompted researchers to suggest that our lives really might "f
