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Will Kinney
@wkcosmo.bsky.social
Cosmologist, physicist, dirtbag mountain biker, expat Montanan, Copernican extremist. Part of the problem.
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Hi. My name is Will, and I am a cosmologist. I wrote a book:
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254722...
An Infinity of Worlds
What happened before the primordial fire of the Big Bang: a theory about the ultimate origin of the universe.In the beginning was the Big Bang: an unimaginab...
mitpress.mit.edu
Collective obsessions and controlled schizophrenias: in which I review "The Battle of the Big Bang" for CERN Courier.

cerncourier.com/a/the-battle...
The battle of the Big Bang – CERN Courier
Battle of the Big Bang provides an entertaining update on the collective obsessions and controlled schizophrenias in cosmology, writes Will Kinney.
cerncourier.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I just think this draft book page is aesthetically pleasing.
June 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
New profile pic.
May 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Happy Mothers' Day to my mom in particular. Miss you.
May 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A mathematician Pope going up against a machine god AI is the most cyberpunk thing ever.
May 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
May 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Reposted by Will Kinney
I'll be in New York on Friday, 2 May at CARA NYC for the premier of Berlin artist Asad Raza's "Array". Looks like it will be a blast!
www.cara-nyc.org/program/even...
April 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Georgie gets some treatos 🤎
April 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ada 🤎
April 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'll be in New York on Friday, 2 May at CARA NYC for the premier of Berlin artist Asad Raza's "Array". Looks like it will be a blast!
www.cara-nyc.org/program/even...
April 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Bo 🤎
April 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Current status
April 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Me on my best girl Charlotte 🤎
April 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
April 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This August, primordial black holes will come to Reykjavik.
indico.mpp.mpg.de/event/10969/
March 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
An Infinity of Worlds is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle!
www.amazon.com/Infinity-Wor...
February 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Need to inject some good vibes into this place.
January 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Are there seriously people in science who do not get that "We already know the answer, so any new research on the subject is problematic and needs to be stopped" is a deeply unscientific attitude?
January 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A cautionary tale.
1/19 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 #𝗟𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮: During the years of famine in the mid-to-late 1920s in Russia, Russian agricultural scientists were pressured to produce new crop varieties. Trofim Lysenko was the Scientist who jumped at the chance and made the biggest promises. #Pseudoscience #Propaganda
January 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A very nice piece by Sarah Haider. In retrospect, organized atheism was a fundamentally silly idea, like organized round-Eartherism.

newsletter.sarahhaider.com/p/atheism-wi...
Atheism Without Reason
This past week, a drama has been unfolding at the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF).
newsletter.sarahhaider.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
FeeIing optimistic for 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Homemade tortillas
December 31, 2024 at 10:27 PM
The sole criterion for truth in science is whether or not a hypothesis is supported by evidence l, not whether or not it will lead to a politically undesirable outcome.
December 31, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Pheasant update
December 29, 2024 at 11:29 PM
RIP to a truly decent man.
December 29, 2024 at 11:03 PM