tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post1597798145004403074..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Next Year’s NewsSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-45292936463975586462014-01-02T09:36:27.920-05:002014-01-02T09:36:27.920-05:00http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/...http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/19/the-world-of-physics-in-2014 The world of physics in 2014<br />http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17917722/pmproject.htm The Science Prediction Market Project<br />http://dailycrowdsource.com/crowdsourcing/company-reviews/661-kaggle-crowdsourcing-predictive-models Can Kaggle Predict the Future? - Daily CrowdsourceDavid Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10537922851243581921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-4729500241739101922014-01-02T03:53:56.969-05:002014-01-02T03:53:56.969-05:00"After the babies were born for example I rem...<i>"After the babies were born for example I remarked to Stefan that it’s about time somebody comes up with a high-tech diaper that sends me an email if full."</i><br /><br />We usually notice quickly enough via other means. :-(<br /><br />A neighbour had a fool-proof method: she would stick her finger in, pull it out, then examine it.<br />Phillip Helbighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067585245603436809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3856289901262687092014-01-02T02:11:12.809-05:002014-01-02T02:11:12.809-05:00CIP,
You misunderstood what I meant with inaudibi...CIP,<br /><br />You misunderstood what I meant with inaudibility shield. If I wear an earplug it does not prevent other people from hearing what I say. Besides that, headphones - even the so-called "noise cancelling" ones - do a very bad job at sound blocking. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-68690020190095568142014-01-02T02:08:39.487-05:002014-01-02T02:08:39.487-05:00Ashish,
You entirely misunderstood my 2007 fuckin...Ashish,<br /><br />You entirely misunderstood my 2007 fucking remark. It actually expressed sympathy for you obtaining such a ridiculous report. I never said a word about your paper, because I didn't read it. And reading your comments convinces me that reading it would almost certainly be an utter waste of time.<br /><br />Having said that, please read our comment rules. Almost all of your Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-89398197757187402602014-01-01T22:59:16.849-05:002014-01-01T22:59:16.849-05:00One more thing. You realize if you fly by a planet...One more thing. You realize if you fly by a planet at the velocity of light look out at it you briefly see it as if it had rotated to the other side. Not shrunk as such bit this is the same description up to a point physically at least. So what is it you bring new? Ashish, L. Edgar Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525169618204198073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-22653734578236364302014-01-01T22:44:33.963-05:002014-01-01T22:44:33.963-05:00Forget Einstein for a moment, even aether and matt...Forget Einstein for a moment, even aether and matter. Of many deeper concepts of simple paradox and duality or not where physics is more general than our maths describing it. Namely that Lorentz invariance holds at the interface of the continuous and discontinuous it seems such simple logic. Even more complicated CPT issues as to what is conserved, spacetime and or space and time vs mass or L. Edgar Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525169618204198073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-49723130301446584762014-01-01T20:15:14.007-05:002014-01-01T20:15:14.007-05:00Edgar,
Most people attacking relativity are not h...Edgar,<br /><br />Most people attacking relativity are not happy with the light postulate (cannot go faster than light). Both of Einstein's postulates are correct, E=mc2 is correct too. So on all this we are in perfect agreement with Einstein.<br /><br />I have achieved DSR (Doubly Special Relativity OR Deformed Special Relativity -- both names are used) and in a much simpler way than the Ashish Sirohihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059760270378351196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-13368378140373872412014-01-01T19:28:44.848-05:002014-01-01T19:28:44.848-05:00Ashish,
as my Fermi lab forum poster in that outda...Ashish,<br />as my Fermi lab forum poster in that outdated book asked in general "Why do so many go after Einstein when they insist on challenging some area of disscussion in physics? "<br />Trolls are annoying but sometimes they are useful for reality checks. Some of them know the limits of the riddles you have to solve to cross a bridge. Some less creative search the aether waves to L. Edgar Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525169618204198073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-23240658371346028192014-01-01T18:43:04.154-05:002014-01-01T18:43:04.154-05:00I already told you: Your technical knowledge doesn...I already told you: Your technical knowledge doesn't impress me. <br /><br />Your knowledge of multiple languages or cultures is more bull. <br /><br />You ask: Where does Newton allow special relativity to become general relativity? <br />Here is the CORRECT answer: NOWHERE!<br /><br />The crackpot index is a yawn. And experiments, not Baez, determines who is or is not a crackpot. In physicsAshish Sirohihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059760270378351196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-63270779777039624422014-01-01T17:57:54.639-05:002014-01-01T17:57:54.639-05:00@Ashish Sirohi You have no answer for dropping a ...@Ashish Sirohi You have no answer for dropping a billiard ball vs. low and high energy photons vs. low and high energy neutrinos. <br /><br />doi:10.1037/0022-3514.77.6.1121<br /> Dunning-Kruger effect, 2000 Ig Nobel Prize.<br /><br />What is it that Germans do in parks on warm, sunny days, Ashish? Where within <i>Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica</i> does Newton allow special Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19166307387991081812014-01-01T16:17:39.886-05:002014-01-01T16:17:39.886-05:00Uncle Al,
You are the famous Uncle Al who used to...Uncle Al,<br /><br />You are the famous Uncle Al who used to be trolling on the physics groups (USENET -- pre internet). You were doing most of the posting, and people wondered about you and how you could spent all day posting. What I particularly remember is that you posted the stupidest reply I ever heard regarding the nature of time, crouched in highly technical language (as in Ashish Sirohihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059760270378351196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-65157506365416498582014-01-01T15:09:14.212-05:002014-01-01T15:09:14.212-05:00@Ashish Sirohi "Space is discrete for mass an...@Ashish Sirohi "Space is discrete for mass and continuous for light" from your site.<br /><br />A billiard ball, two photons, and two neutrinos are simultaneously loosed to vacuum free fall in a flat 10 m/sec^2 gravitational field,. The billiard ball accelerates 10 m/sec^2. Tell us the respective accelerations of a 0.0001 eV photon, a TeV photon, a 0.0001 eV neutrino, and a 1 TeV Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-54592771312510620602014-01-01T14:16:14.180-05:002014-01-01T14:16:14.180-05:00Robots these days are very good at balance - much ...Robots these days are very good at balance - much better than people.<br /><br />Inaudibility shields are here too - they are called earplugs or headphones - though a little more selectivity would be nice.<br /><br />About that conscious unconscious though - you might want to be careful what you wish for. That link has been tuned by evolution for a giga-year, and those that have it untuned oftenCapitalistImperialistPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523405806602731435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-67330052215225187782014-01-01T13:49:09.325-05:002014-01-01T13:49:09.325-05:00Happy New Year Bee,
Metamorphosis? Mutation? Emer...Happy New Year Bee,<br /><br />Metamorphosis? Mutation? Emergence? Is it just me, or did others notice that, judging from her articles over the last 3-4 months, Sabine's blog topics as well as her writing-style is turning anti-authority, philosophical, and entertaining.<br /><br />Some years ago, her blog came to my attention, when she pointed to a referee report on a paper I wrote as an Ashish Sirohihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059760270378351196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19348297966397481412014-01-01T07:23:41.760-05:002014-01-01T07:23:41.760-05:00Happy New Year Sabine!
Everybody is talking abou...Happy New Year Sabine! <br /><br />Everybody is talking about Gadgets these days. We engineers built the world but we are not gods you know.<br /><br />Anyway once again we will do our best to fulfil public’s needs :-)<br />Giotishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03594944884584261018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-60911346374740853072013-12-31T10:52:01.413-05:002013-12-31T10:52:01.413-05:00Robotic brain extension "Robocop!" U/Ma...<i>Robotic brain extension</i> "Robocop!" U/Manitoba tried differential high resolution mass spec (MALDI-TOF-MS) on whole freshly dissected cockroach brains vs. various prior stimuli to discern what was biochemically going on. The results pretty much translated to "WHOAAA!"<br /><br /><i>Inaudibility shield</i> Aside from noise-cancelling technology (NEVER for having a Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.com