MC Complete

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Biology, Cosmology and the Direction of Time

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 1. Introduction Why does biological evolution move "forward" in time, despite the fact that the fundamental laws of nature seem t...

Did the Big Bang Really Have Low Entropy?

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 1. Introduction We’re often told that the early universe was in a state of "inexplicably low entropy." This idea appears everywhe...

Do Black Holes Really Have High Entropy?

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1. Introduction The idea that black holes are highly entropic objects originates in the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy formula: S = (k_B * c^3 *...
Monday, January 1, 2024

That's What I Call a Compliment: A Parable by MC Complete

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 There once was a commoner transporting a lot of heavy packs on his donkey. Suddendly the donkey stumbled and all the packs fell off. Oh no,...
Saturday, July 1, 2023

Promises

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In Pirkei Avos 1:15, Shammai Hazaken says, "say little and do much." Devarim 23:23 says, "if you don't make vows, you won...
Thursday, June 1, 2023

A Plague of Sound

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 Why didn't the dogs bark on the night of the Exodus? I never thought about it much until recently. I'd usually assumed that what th...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

Why Did Moshe Hit the Rock?

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Moshe dies right before the Israelites invade the land of Canaan. The Torah makes it clear that this is not an accident; it's a punishme...
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