tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post1805761639035749942..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: BackboardSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-30723199040374309912008-04-20T18:06:00.000-04:002008-04-20T18:06:00.000-04:00Browsing the web when I should have been running m...Browsing the web when I should have been running more convergence tests of my new mesh-refinement code :), I ran across another example of this genre: a <A HREF="http://astrodyke.blogspot.com/2008/03/science-tattoo.html" REL="nofollow">double helix tatoo</A>. That blog entry also links to a "science tatoo emporium" with lots of other goodies...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-84097042263454238882008-04-20T07:18:00.000-04:002008-04-20T07:18:00.000-04:00Backboard vs. Beyond the Standard Modelor how to m...Backboard vs. Beyond the Standard Model<BR/><BR/>or <BR/><BR/>how to make the beauty looks ugly.<BR/><BR/>Regards, Dany.<BR/><BR/>P.S. “Matt, who was the only one we all found wholesome enough to write on all our backs. Physicist.”<BR/><BR/>Oh, I am so envy I would be in his place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7791252258897513522008-04-20T04:44:00.000-04:002008-04-20T04:44:00.000-04:00This photo is cropped from a 2003 original which s...This photo is cropped from a 2003 original which shows 4 models, each with a different set of equations (general relativity, electromagnetism, classical mechanics, and quantum mechanics). There are both "sitting" and "standing" versions. The title is "Beyond the Standard Model: Nineteen things we understand and four we don't". The GR model gives more info, including links to merchandise Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-82671987691763405862008-04-19T03:47:00.000-04:002008-04-19T03:47:00.000-04:00P.S. There is something strange on her left should...P.S. There is something strange on her left shoulder that I am not able to identify. And the note-book falling on her head remind me JB “You could have had a V 8 .”<BR/><BR/>Regards, Dany.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-18496043315674404512008-04-19T02:06:00.000-04:002008-04-19T02:06:00.000-04:00Hi Phil,“When you promote Fermat to me as someone ...Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/>“When you promote Fermat to me as someone to take note of, it’s like preaching to the converted.”<BR/><BR/>It was not my intention. I simply try to share with you the emotional shock that I experience meeting him. It is like if Nerdly in your story choose his way without any computer calculations, just based on his pure intuition. Perhaps it is not so accurate historically, but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-30660618144874831762008-04-18T22:01:00.000-04:002008-04-18T22:01:00.000-04:00Hi Dany,“I use to explain the content of the Least...Hi Dany,<BR/><BR/>“I use to explain the content of the Least Principle in the Fermat version: suppose somebody sink and cry for the help. You are located somewhere on the beach at some distance from the water.”<BR/><BR/>When you promote Fermat to me as someone to take note of, it’s like preaching to the converted. Least action is one of the principles I hold personally as one of the most centralPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-62785130084123286102008-04-18T09:14:00.000-04:002008-04-18T09:14:00.000-04:00Miserere:I use to explain the content of the Least...Miserere:<BR/><BR/>I use to explain the content of the Least Principle in the Fermat version: suppose somebody sink and cry for the help. You are located somewhere on the beach at some distance from the water. What is the best way you choose in order to help? It's our nature to share the misery of others”. <BR/><BR/>The Principle of Least Action is THE Principal Physical Postulate (physical Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-44245320665930910502008-04-18T07:50:00.000-04:002008-04-18T07:50:00.000-04:00Hi Anonymous, “Fermat was the physicist, mathema...Hi Anonymous, <BR/> <BR/>“Fermat was the physicist, mathematician and judge. His greatest achievement is written on the back of the second lady from the left. His Last Theorem (here he is a judge) is proof how humans are stupid.”<BR/><BR/>As the old saying goes ”misery likes company”; I therefore find it comforting to know that Fermat would have realized that we, he, and yourself would have by Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-82352625385502010292008-04-18T06:51:00.000-04:002008-04-18T06:51:00.000-04:00Phil Warnell:” One thing I am certain of is if Fer...Phil Warnell:” One thing I am certain of is if Fermat had used this media instead of paper, he wouldn’t have complained about the space available to write in the margin and finished his proof .”<BR/><BR/>Fermat was the physicist, mathematician and judge. His greatest achievement is written on the back of the second lady from the left. His Last Theorem (here he is a judge) is proof how humans are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7522462528184562922008-04-17T19:44:00.000-04:002008-04-17T19:44:00.000-04:00Hi Georg,Very nice, I didn't know that poem. I'd l...Hi Georg,<BR/><BR/>Very nice, I didn't know that poem. I'd like to see it on a frontboard, preferably male u.s.w.... Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-39783111980752332952008-04-17T15:12:00.000-04:002008-04-17T15:12:00.000-04:00Morgensterns "The Funnels" is much more appropiate...Morgensterns "The Funnels" is much more <BR/>appropiate for such backboards:<BR/><BR/> Die Trichter<BR/><BR/>Zwei Trichter wandeln durch die Nacht.<BR/><BR/>.Durch ihres Rumpfs verengten Schacht<BR/><BR/>.......fließt weißes Mondlicht<BR/><BR/>...........still und heiter <BR/><BR/>...............auf ihren<BR/><BR/>................Waldweg <BR/><BR/>..................u.s.<BR/><BR/>....Georghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538391164351204407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-69414608700552770962008-04-17T03:36:00.000-04:002008-04-17T03:36:00.000-04:00What, no fluid dynamics?! Give me Navier-Stokes eq...What, no fluid dynamics?! Give me Navier-Stokes equation or give me calculus of variations!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-83920947547611163472008-04-16T23:21:00.000-04:002008-04-16T23:21:00.000-04:00OK, so theory seems to be written on the backs. W...OK, so theory seems to be written on the backs. Where are the applications?CapitalistImperialistPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523405806602731435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-58006573799530627112008-04-16T18:22:00.000-04:002008-04-16T18:22:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,Is this why the blog is called Backreaction...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>Is this why the blog is called Backreaction?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-56842674928367682372008-04-16T16:10:00.000-04:002008-04-16T16:10:00.000-04:00Female students sometimes complain about having to...Female students sometimes complain about having to resort to prostitution to pay their fees ... this seems altogether more harmlessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-79909389743979275342008-04-16T14:34:00.000-04:002008-04-16T14:34:00.000-04:00I guess from the book selection it's a student com...I guess from the book selection it's a student common room? I like the doodles on the door frame.<BR/><BR/>And...Halliday and Resnick! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-46660537988948698982008-04-16T12:07:00.000-04:002008-04-16T12:07:00.000-04:00Arun: I couldn't make sense of the title either, b...Arun: I couldn't make sense of the title either, but I kind of liked the composition of the photo.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-4022822997685180502008-04-16T11:04:00.000-04:002008-04-16T11:04:00.000-04:00Isn't the Standard Model better represented as S((...Isn't the Standard Model better represented as S((U2)xU(3)) ? <A HREF="http://www.doctorhugo.org/synaesthesia/art/man-ray.jpg" REL="nofollow">Aesthetics</A> dictate Maxwel's equations in integral form!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35949944533899566612008-04-16T11:00:00.000-04:002008-04-16T11:00:00.000-04:00This helps promote education, how?This helps promote education, how?Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-84237574850086141772008-04-16T10:10:00.000-04:002008-04-16T10:10:00.000-04:00At least these ladies put their equations on their...At least these ladies put their equations on their backboards. Seeing equations in warped spacetime is pretty cool, but it's not so cool seeing them on warped frontboards -- despite what the gentlemen in the audience may think...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33326684963084038382008-04-16T00:18:00.000-04:002008-04-16T00:18:00.000-04:00How would one write down the equations for a space...How would one write down the equations for a space filling Dbrane, with nontrivial winding number!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57140599754955638192008-04-15T22:59:00.000-04:002008-04-15T22:59:00.000-04:00It annoys me that the first thing I saw was the ge...It annoys me that the first thing I saw was the geodesic equation, rather than the attractive woman it was written on.eric gissehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598878490537720448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-64351866087582471592008-04-15T21:18:00.000-04:002008-04-15T21:18:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,Well I don’t know if will improve the quali...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>Well I don’t know if will improve the quality of education or not? One thing I am certain of is if Fermat had used this media instead of paper, he wouldn’t have complained about the space available to write in the margin and finished <A HREF="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FermatsLastTheorem.html" REL="nofollow">his proof</A> . We are thus only left to wonder how much further we Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-92206111417769280962008-04-15T20:14:00.000-04:002008-04-15T20:14:00.000-04:00mmmmm that's a nice sinus hyperbolae there Ammmmm that's a nice sinus hyperbolae there <BR/>AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com