Max
@maximfitkevich.bsky.social
Physicist (INR RAS & MIPT), quantum aspect of black holes, QFT toy models.
Also have YT channel Δρуг Вигнερα (@WignersFriend).
Nostalgic gamer and amateur artist.
Kinda libertarian.
Also have YT channel Δρуг Вигнερα (@WignersFriend).
Nostalgic gamer and amateur artist.
Kinda libertarian.
Reposted by Max
How “intelligent” is a slime mold? When it solves mazes, it might not be thinking:it’s obeying physics. Our new paper with
@jordiplam.bsky.social shows how it follows a least action principle,letting physics do the job arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social
@jordiplam.bsky.social shows how it follows a least action principle,letting physics do the job arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
How “intelligent” is a slime mold? When it solves mazes, it might not be thinking:it’s obeying physics. Our new paper with
@jordiplam.bsky.social shows how it follows a least action principle,letting physics do the job arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social
@jordiplam.bsky.social shows how it follows a least action principle,letting physics do the job arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social
Perfection of dark and light.
November 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Perfection of dark and light.
Trees of wood and concrete.
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Trees of wood and concrete.
Reflections and transmissions.
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Reflections and transmissions.
Announcement 'Fields and Strings 2025' (December 1-6).
October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Announcement 'Fields and Strings 2025' (December 1-6).
At conference 'Models in QFT-2025' dedicated to A.N. Vasiliev (October 6-10), Saint Petersburg.
- Math. methods in QFT
- QFT methods in elementary particle physics
- Field theory methods in statistical physics
- Gravitation and cosmology
- Integrable models, symmetries in QFT, and quantum groups
- Math. methods in QFT
- QFT methods in elementary particle physics
- Field theory methods in statistical physics
- Gravitation and cosmology
- Integrable models, symmetries in QFT, and quantum groups
October 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
At conference 'Models in QFT-2025' dedicated to A.N. Vasiliev (October 6-10), Saint Petersburg.
- Math. methods in QFT
- QFT methods in elementary particle physics
- Field theory methods in statistical physics
- Gravitation and cosmology
- Integrable models, symmetries in QFT, and quantum groups
- Math. methods in QFT
- QFT methods in elementary particle physics
- Field theory methods in statistical physics
- Gravitation and cosmology
- Integrable models, symmetries in QFT, and quantum groups
Damn, Twitter is toxic as hell, but Bluesky feels like really dead thing.
September 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Damn, Twitter is toxic as hell, but Bluesky feels like really dead thing.
Fortunately, I had no friends celebrating Kirk's murder but I had friends celebrating war with Ukraine and generally praising death so I kinda relate with what adequate American citizens (like Shoe0nHead) feel.
These People Are Sick
YouTube video by Shoe0nHead
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Fortunately, I had no friends celebrating Kirk's murder but I had friends celebrating war with Ukraine and generally praising death so I kinda relate with what adequate American citizens (like Shoe0nHead) feel.
A very disturbing message by Sabine Hoffenfelder.
Is 'Science' a science or lead us astray? Could not it become human, all too human?
Is 'Science' a science or lead us astray? Could not it become human, all too human?
I can't believe this really happened.
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A very disturbing message by Sabine Hoffenfelder.
Is 'Science' a science or lead us astray? Could not it become human, all too human?
Is 'Science' a science or lead us astray? Could not it become human, all too human?
Irina Zarutskaya. Charlie Kirk.
I need to say this loudly. Whatever I'm right or not, I'm definitely anti-left now.
I need to say this loudly. Whatever I'm right or not, I'm definitely anti-left now.
September 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Irina Zarutskaya. Charlie Kirk.
I need to say this loudly. Whatever I'm right or not, I'm definitely anti-left now.
I need to say this loudly. Whatever I'm right or not, I'm definitely anti-left now.
There are differences, I guess.
Vladimir Putin: external, uncontrolled by fact, and villaneous.
Decarlos Brown: internal, potentially controllable, and mental.
I'm just continuously making sure USA local authorities are as puny as European or our Russian.
Posers to handle 'global problems'. Pitiful.
Vladimir Putin: external, uncontrolled by fact, and villaneous.
Decarlos Brown: internal, potentially controllable, and mental.
I'm just continuously making sure USA local authorities are as puny as European or our Russian.
Posers to handle 'global problems'. Pitiful.
It's weird how MAGA has no problem with Putin murdering innocent Ukrainians on a daily basis, including children — yet are appalled by the murder of Iryna Zarutska. I hope it's not because it was a Black man who did the killing, instead of their white mass-murdering superhero.
September 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
There are differences, I guess.
Vladimir Putin: external, uncontrolled by fact, and villaneous.
Decarlos Brown: internal, potentially controllable, and mental.
I'm just continuously making sure USA local authorities are as puny as European or our Russian.
Posers to handle 'global problems'. Pitiful.
Vladimir Putin: external, uncontrolled by fact, and villaneous.
Decarlos Brown: internal, potentially controllable, and mental.
I'm just continuously making sure USA local authorities are as puny as European or our Russian.
Posers to handle 'global problems'. Pitiful.
We face now the vicious crisis where demographic shift, cultural decline, and AI takeover will meet each other very soon. If the West fall could anyone shorten the darkness or ever survive this turnover? We do not appreciate enough the importance of coming events focusing instead on surface signals.
September 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We face now the vicious crisis where demographic shift, cultural decline, and AI takeover will meet each other very soon. If the West fall could anyone shorten the darkness or ever survive this turnover? We do not appreciate enough the importance of coming events focusing instead on surface signals.
I still try to process this story. I mean, how it could have happened in the center of the West? I thought it's Putin's Russia is a cauldron of savagery.
Who would guess the UK government is so full of shit?!
Who are the 'genetic slaves' now?
Shame!
Who would guess the UK government is so full of shit?!
Who are the 'genetic slaves' now?
Shame!
August 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I still try to process this story. I mean, how it could have happened in the center of the West? I thought it's Putin's Russia is a cauldron of savagery.
Who would guess the UK government is so full of shit?!
Who are the 'genetic slaves' now?
Shame!
Who would guess the UK government is so full of shit?!
Who are the 'genetic slaves' now?
Shame!
This deserves to appear in history books but not within some light-shining chapters.
August 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This deserves to appear in history books but not within some light-shining chapters.
Is quantum nature of reality a necessary property of how information structures itself?
Godel incompleteness and undecidability are ultimately related with indefiniteness of measurements.
Information finiteness implies uncertainty and randomness.
Unbelievable. I'm still in struggle to process it.
Godel incompleteness and undecidability are ultimately related with indefiniteness of measurements.
Information finiteness implies uncertainty and randomness.
Unbelievable. I'm still in struggle to process it.
August 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Is quantum nature of reality a necessary property of how information structures itself?
Godel incompleteness and undecidability are ultimately related with indefiniteness of measurements.
Information finiteness implies uncertainty and randomness.
Unbelievable. I'm still in struggle to process it.
Godel incompleteness and undecidability are ultimately related with indefiniteness of measurements.
Information finiteness implies uncertainty and randomness.
Unbelievable. I'm still in struggle to process it.
It's done, it's finally done.
ArXiv: 2507.17933 [hep-th] Entanglement islands and black hole decay in regular dilaton gravity.
Some figures:
ArXiv: 2507.17933 [hep-th] Entanglement islands and black hole decay in regular dilaton gravity.
Some figures:
July 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It's done, it's finally done.
ArXiv: 2507.17933 [hep-th] Entanglement islands and black hole decay in regular dilaton gravity.
Some figures:
ArXiv: 2507.17933 [hep-th] Entanglement islands and black hole decay in regular dilaton gravity.
Some figures:
Our notable institute photographer returned with her new collection 'Elbrus region's birds' so I continue mocking.
May 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Our notable institute photographer returned with her new collection 'Elbrus region's birds' so I continue mocking.
It will never get old)
By the way, time comes.
By the way, time comes.
April 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It will never get old)
By the way, time comes.
By the way, time comes.
General aplicability of 'island' calculation for the Hawking radiation entropy (Page curve) seemimgly contradicts to fact that non-singular black hole can have arbitrary amount of entanglement as remnant in the end of evaporation if one accepts semiclassical spacetime picture more or less seriously.
April 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
General aplicability of 'island' calculation for the Hawking radiation entropy (Page curve) seemimgly contradicts to fact that non-singular black hole can have arbitrary amount of entanglement as remnant in the end of evaporation if one accepts semiclassical spacetime picture more or less seriously.
It really terrific we can develop actual quantitative theory of complex phenomena like life itself.
Can we define thermodynamic bounds for Darwinian evolution? How can we use thermodynamic constraints, fitness, and catalytic replicators to understand error thresholds for evolution and life? Check this paper by Artemy Kolchinsky @@artemyte.bsky.social
arxiv.org/pdf/2112.02809
arxiv.org/pdf/2112.02809
April 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It really terrific we can develop actual quantitative theory of complex phenomena like life itself.
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With many physicists arriving daily at Bluesky I’ve created a comprehensive list -which I update daily- with Cosmologists, Astrophysicists, Gravitational Wave Astronomers, Particle Physicists… Please SHARE so it reaches more people! 🤩 Warning: it may contain Mathematicians
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 20, 2024 at 2:57 PM
With many physicists arriving daily at Bluesky I’ve created a comprehensive list -which I update daily- with Cosmologists, Astrophysicists, Gravitational Wave Astronomers, Particle Physicists… Please SHARE so it reaches more people! 🤩 Warning: it may contain Mathematicians
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
My account of March:
- personal case of '500 Days of Summer'
- very unhealthy mental self-treatment
- severe procrastination
- got thrombosis
- incomplete draft of harshly delayed paper
- 'Andor' season 1 is a top-tier Star Wars
- personal case of '500 Days of Summer'
- very unhealthy mental self-treatment
- severe procrastination
- got thrombosis
- incomplete draft of harshly delayed paper
- 'Andor' season 1 is a top-tier Star Wars
March 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My account of March:
- personal case of '500 Days of Summer'
- very unhealthy mental self-treatment
- severe procrastination
- got thrombosis
- incomplete draft of harshly delayed paper
- 'Andor' season 1 is a top-tier Star Wars
- personal case of '500 Days of Summer'
- very unhealthy mental self-treatment
- severe procrastination
- got thrombosis
- incomplete draft of harshly delayed paper
- 'Andor' season 1 is a top-tier Star Wars
Maybe I didn't realise it yet, but I feel it like I lost my best chance at creating happiest possible future. Maybe I just became overdramatic.
No matter. Events turn out so I can literally die very soon by external cause.
I take this moment to calm down and process where I stay and what I gonna do.
No matter. Events turn out so I can literally die very soon by external cause.
I take this moment to calm down and process where I stay and what I gonna do.
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Maybe I didn't realise it yet, but I feel it like I lost my best chance at creating happiest possible future. Maybe I just became overdramatic.
No matter. Events turn out so I can literally die very soon by external cause.
I take this moment to calm down and process where I stay and what I gonna do.
No matter. Events turn out so I can literally die very soon by external cause.
I take this moment to calm down and process where I stay and what I gonna do.
I abolish commenting political news because they lost any kind of sense to me. Garbage in, garbage out.
It better focus on what happens in direct contact with me. And I think there is a plenty of things to converse.
It better focus on what happens in direct contact with me. And I think there is a plenty of things to converse.
March 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I abolish commenting political news because they lost any kind of sense to me. Garbage in, garbage out.
It better focus on what happens in direct contact with me. And I think there is a plenty of things to converse.
It better focus on what happens in direct contact with me. And I think there is a plenty of things to converse.
Disappointment must grow really fast.
I can’t believe this needs to be said.
TransGENIC mice
are not
TransGENDER mice
TransGENIC mice
are not
TransGENDER mice
March 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Disappointment must grow really fast.