Abigail Goldwater
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I am a quantum computing person. I used to lecture but those kind of jobs where you can 'teach' and 'contribute meaningfully' don't exist anymore. I like writing about philosophy, science and politics. Sometimes all at the same time.
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The Linearity Crisis
When David Deutsch proposed his self-consistency condition for particles traversing closed timelike curves, he created more than a solution to temporal paradoxes. He exposed a fundamental crisis at the intersection of quantum mechanics and general relativity. The problem is simple to state but shocking in its implications: his model requires quantum evolution to become non-linear, violating one of the most sacred principles in physics.
By Abigail Goldwater17 days ago in Futurism
The Play Blanca Spoon in Concrete
Quantum metapolitics describes a condition wherein political activity appears to occur everywhere at once whilst manifesting nowhere in particular, creating the impression of ubiquitous political engagement that paradoxically produces no substantial political change. The concept captures how contemporary political life has become characterised by constant motion that generates no movement, endless activity that produces no transformation, and perpetual crisis that results in systemic stasis. Within this framework, where all political discourse has been absorbed into spectacular systems of representation and simulation, the spoon embedded in concrete emerges as something altogether strange: a deliberate anti-spectacle that refuses incorporation.
By Abigail Goldwaterabout a month ago in Art
The Man the Matrix Made
In the initial basis of understanding contemporary political performance, one must confront a peculiar paradox: the figure who most loudly proclaims to have escaped "the Matrix" may represent its most sophisticated product. Andrew Tate, the self-proclaimed escape artist from systemic control, operates as a near-perfect embodiment of what quantum metapolitics produces when masculine anxiety meets algorithmic capitalism. The means in which he has constructed his public persona reveals not liberation from control systems, but rather their most complete expression—a man who believes he has transcended the spectacle whilst functioning as its most enthusiastic reproduction engine.
By Abigail Goldwater2 months ago in The Swamp
The Frictionless Revolution. Content Warning.
In June 2020, amid global pandemic and social upheaval, Black Lives Matter protests erupted across the Western world following the murder of George Floyd. Within days, social media platforms became saturated with political content, black squares flooded Instagram feeds, hashtags trended worldwide, and millions engaged in what appeared to be unprecedented digital activism. Yet within months, despite this spectacular display of political energy, the fundamental structures of policing, racial inequality, and institutional power remained largely unchanged. This phenomenon reveals what we must term quantum metapolitics, a condition wherein political activity appears omnipresent, saturating every digital interaction and social discourse, yet paradoxically manifests nowhere in particular as meaningful structural transformation.
By Abigail Goldwater2 months ago in The Swamp
My Document of Quantum Hearts
I stand at the new smartboard, smartpen in hand, no training, but nonetheless stood there as someone being told to be grateful for the new contract we got with whatever firm made this smartboard. I stand there with a torn gaze, scribbling equations of hope and despair. In Dublin light, particles of electronic dust drift through the lecture hall, lazy as the years that keep slipping by. In my mind I hear Baudrillard whispering that we live in a world of signs: hearts sold as symbols, memories traded like stocks. Foucault nodding that even our love letters are policed by power. But at this red-faced hour of morning, I swear I can feel something real in the commotion of my pulse: raw human pulse entwined with Marx’s ghost, fingering a rifle of compassion.
By Abigail Goldwater6 months ago in Poets
The Endless Echo: What Corbyn and Sultana's New Party Reveals About the British Political Psyche
For many observers of British politics, just when the dust seemed to settle on one dramatic chapter, another quickly opens. The recent announcement of an alternative formation, a new left-wing political party led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, feels less like a sudden rupture and more like the latest act in a long-running, complex drama. With its interim moniker "yourparty.uk" and a promise of grassroots determination for its final name and direction, this nascent movement, officially launched on 24 July 2025, has already garnered significant attention, prompting both fervent hope among its half-a-million initial sign-ups and strategic headaches for Labour. But beneath the surface of immediate headlines and internal party machinations, what deeper narratives and societal forces does this phenomenon truly illuminate?
By Abigail Goldwater6 months ago in The Swamp
The Ultimate Manifesto of Absurd Revolution
Part I: The Stage is Set, the Play is Mad Act I: The Absurdity Overture Reality, as we've been sold it, is a limited-run stage production directed by a committee of gibbering baboons. The set design is... ambitious. Picture this: gated communities sprouting like gleaming, chrome-plated fungi next to favelas cobbled together from desperation and discarded dreams. A smiling cartoon dog, perpetually sipping coffee, while the ozone layer develops a comb-over and the polar bears start taking bets on which of us goes extinct first.
By Abigail Goldwater9 months ago in The Swamp
Quantum Consistency Condition and Closed Timelike Curves: An Examination of Deutsch’s Proposal
The possibility of closed timelike curves (CTCs) arises from the equations of general relativity. As a result of certain solutions, a particle may traverse a path that loops back to its past. One can observe that such phenomena bring about questions regarding causality and time. The means in which quantum mechanics addresses these issues is of considerable interest. This article examines the proposal put forward by David Deutsch, an Oxford physicist, who posited a self-consistency condition for particles on CTCs.
By Abigail Goldwater12 months ago in Futurism
