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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Who is history's greatest physicist? It's an impossible question to answer decisively, but Russian physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Lev Landau gave it his best shot! Link: youtube.com/shorts/gAWeo... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Promo! Thomas Campbell appeared on the JRE conspiracy circus to suggest that *modelling* electrons as dimensionless particles shows that they *are* dimensionless particles. However, models can be useful while not capturing all aspects of a system. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=xHjG... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thomas Campbell appeared on the Joe Rogan conspiracy circus to suggest that *modelling* electrons as dimensionless particles shows that they *are objectively* dimensionless particles. This supposedly shows we live in a simulation 🙄 We react. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=xHjG... ⚛️🧪

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Rogan and Thomas Campbell Don't Understand What Physics Is - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Rogan and Thomas Campbell Don't Understand What Physics Is - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Promo clip: Shawn Ryan's guest Eric Hecker believes the Ice Cube neutrino detector is a giant quantum entanglement comms array for instantaneous space comms at any distance. Sadly, he makes some basic mistakes regarding quantum entanglement. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=OroZ... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Shawn Ryan show is a wasteland of conspiracy theories and trash physics. Guest Eric Hecker believes the Ice Cube neutrino detector is a giant quantum entanglement comms array for instantaneous space comms at any distance. We have some problems Link: youtube.com/watch?v=OroZ... ⚛️🧪

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Shawn Ryan's Antarctic Quantum Entanglement Communications - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Shawn Ryan's Antarctic Quantum Entanglement Communications - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Promo clip. Beatriz Villarroel believes that Sagan's mantra that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" is damaging science. However, scientists are rightly initially sceptical of paradigm shifting ideas that upend established science. Link: youtube.com/shorts/hcvk7... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Astronomer and UAP researcher Beatriz Villarroel believes that Sagan's mantra that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" is damaging science. We argue that Sagan's stance is sensible and something everyone agrees with intuitively. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=-eNd... ⚛️🧪

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Beatriz Villarroel Claims Sagan's Mantra Damages Science - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Beatriz Villarroel Claims Sagan's Mantra Damages Science - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Promo clip: No matter how stringent or nit-picky you are, it's ridiculous to say that mathematics didn't transform physics in the 20th century. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=5xZU... @timhenke.bsky.social @superconformal.bsky.social ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bojun Tunguz can't think of a single way in which "fundamental" mathematics has contributed to physics since 1900. The team - and a 30s Google search - come to the rescue. Maths played a critical role in the development of key physics frameworks. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=5xZU... ⚛️🧪

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Maths Has Barely Helped Physics Since 1900? - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Maths Has Barely Helped Physics Since 1900? - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Promo clip. Lazy links between spirituality and quantum physics mislead audiences about science, undermine accurate physics, and provide false hope. This isn't all fun and games. It's pernicious and needs to be called out. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=tUDa... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Mayim Bialik's Breakdown podcast is a wasteland of quantum mysticism and misrepresentations of science. The team tackles a particularly egregious example and discuss the negative impacts of lazy associations between science and spirituality. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=tUDa... ⚛️🧪

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Mayim Bialik's (Crank Quantum Mysticism) Breakdown - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Mayim Bialik's (Crank Quantum Mysticism) Breakdown - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Promo clip! In the latest session of "Debunking Terrible Physics" we tackle Mayim Bialik's bumbling in "quantum spirituality". When you're suggesting that mediums can detect particles others can't, you should probably slow down and take stock. Link: youtube.com/shorts/X3OUB... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The latest session of "Debunking Terrible Physics" is live! This time we dive into: Shawn Ryan's quantum entanglement comms, Mayim Bialik's quantum spirituality, DMT laser elves, Rogan's fake electrons, Sagan hate, and much more! Check it out! Link: youtube.com/watch?v=WvaE... ⚛️🧪

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Debunking Terrible Physics: Full Session - Mid September 2026

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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Debunking Terrible Physics: Full Session - Mid September 2026

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Preview clip: There is no universal "Civilisation" style tech tree for advanced civilisations. The inventions of nukes and rockets don't necessarily need to occur at roughly the same time! @superconformal.bsky.social Link: youtube.com/watch?v=dxyE... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Eric Weinstein believes that nuclear tests and Italian quantum physicists attracted aliens to the Earth/caused aliens to pay more attention to humanity. This is flimsy, old school UFO lore that is completely full of holes. The team dives in! Link: youtube.com/watch?v=dxyE... ⚛️🧪

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Eric Weinstein Fears Angry Italian Indian Aliens - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Eric Weinstein Fears Angry Italian Indian Aliens - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Elon Musk believes that the universe is made of an integer number of Planck side length cubes. The slop density of this claim is high! A universe made of 3-cubes doesn't work well with Einstein's special relativity! Link to full discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=hO3B... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Elon Musk believes that the universe is made of an integer number of Planck side length cubes. This makes no sense from many, many perspectives. The team dives in! Link to full discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=hO3B... ⚛️🧪

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Elon Musk Is As Thick As N Short Planck(cube)s - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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Elon Musk Is As Thick As N Short Planck(cube)s - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Carlson must run in very strange, cloistered circles if he's never met anyone that uses algebra explains @superconformal.bsky.social . Algebra is simply a framework for compressing + explaining connections as Christian Ferko notes. Link to full discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=YkgW... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tucker Carlson seems to believe that algebra is worthless in "real" life and some kind of Jewish plot to keep down the masses. This is obviously offensive, dog whistling tripe, so let's make this debunk real simple. Link to full discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=YkgW... ⚛️🧪

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Carlson Tuckered Out By Elementary School Algebra - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Carlson Tuckered Out By Elementary School Algebra - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Christian Ferko has a controversial opinion about the future of AI mathematics research. He believes mathematicians will remain vital, but more as "talmudic scholar like" interpreters of the outputs of AI models. Full discussion link: youtube.com/watch?v=Fne6...

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The solution of the #navierstokes Millenium Problem is a massive breakthrough in maths shrouded in controversy, but how will it impact the future of mathematics, physics and society. The team breaks down the result and all the drama surrounding it. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=Fne6... #ai #openai ⚛️🧪

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Navier-Stokes Problem Solved By AI?: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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Navier-Stokes Problem Solved By AI?: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Debunking Terrible Physics

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Preview clip from the latest session of "debunking terrible physics". Is China building a new hadron collider to realise antimatter weapons and attack America? No. That's stupid...for many reasons! Link to full discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=kjN6... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The latest session of "debunking terrible physics" is live! We dive into: Elon's Planck Cube universe, Eric Weinstein's benevolent Indian aliens, Shawn Ryan's antimatter bombs and neutrino death rays, Tucker's algebra struggles, and Navier Stokes! Link: youtube.com/watch?v=kjN6... ⚛️🧪

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Debunking Terrible Physics: Full Session - Early September 2026

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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Debunking Terrible Physics: Full Session - Early September 2026

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Preview clip. Did we just discover the baryon junction? Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGGm... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Baryon number conservation keeps the protons in your body stable. However, scientists have never verified which constituents of a proton carry the baryon number. It may not be the quarks, but rather a flux capacitor shaped junction of gluons. ⚛️🧪 Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGGm...

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The Baryon Junction: Physics's Real Flux Capacitor

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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The Baryon Junction: Physics's Real Flux Capacitor

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

What was the colour of the first light propagating through our universe? If you had been around 380,000 years after the Big Bang and witnessed recombination, what colour would the sky have been? Place your bets and then watch! 💰📺 Link: www.youtube.com/shorts/5yQVa... ⚛️🧪

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Matt Henderson @matthen.com · 26/08/2026

To tell if a maze is solvable, just hang it by its corners If it tears into pieces, you’ve found a solution

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

When floating ice cubes melt, what happens to the surrounding water level? Some simple physics makes it obvious that the level stays the same, but this is not the main driver behind the global sea level rise caused by global warming. Check it out! Link: www.youtube.com/shorts/oDD52... ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

To celebrate Avi Loeb suggesting that fuzzy blobs are warp bubbles from space, let's remember when he thought seemingly mundane spheres were messsengers from another solar system 👽🛸 ☄️ Welcome to the interstellar memory hole. 🕳️🧠 Link: www.youtube.com/shorts/SjEES... ⚛️🧪 @deschscoveries.bsky.social

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 25/08/2026

I've got that idea of an online platform where you could place bets on the outcome of any quantum measurement. Thoughts? I'd call it Paulimarket

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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The use of sunlight to generate pairs of entangled photons could potentially enable scaling of quantum technologies without the major energy cost. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/researcher...

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Researchers harness sunlight to generate quantum entanglement – Physics World

Sunlight may provide an energy-efficient alternative to lasers used in quantum computing

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Did you know that your old TV was a particle accelerator? Link: youtube.com/shorts/ENwNpbK9UBg ⚛️🧪

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Did you know that your old TV was a particle accelerator? Link: youtube.com/shorts/ENwNpbK9UBg ⚛️🧪

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