tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post2103497351456640333..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Seminar WalkthroughSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-39062379811966228602010-01-20T16:01:14.401-05:002010-01-20T16:01:14.401-05:00The important thing is to identify connections bet...The important thing is to identify connections between mathematical non-commutativity and phenomenological non-commutativity. Heisenberg did this well, showing that non-commutativity and measurements are anyhow fundamentally linked to each other. In what I posted to vixra, I tested two hypothesis : one for which I conclude that mathematical non-commutativity has no phenomenology (because mass is Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90313062926001171732010-01-20T15:12:24.041-05:002010-01-20T15:12:24.041-05:00Believe me Steven, non-commutativity must be addre...<i>Believe me Steven, non-commutativity must be addressed.</i><br /><br />Absolutely it must, so let's address it.<br /><br />I mean, I don't think it's such a big deal, but so many people seem to have a hard time with it.<br /><br />Forget for a second that the Weak Force says we live in a left-handed non-commutative Universe, it gets more basic than that.<br /><br />Begin with the Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-36701836412095092692010-01-20T14:23:24.146-05:002010-01-20T14:23:24.146-05:00About Alain Connes : I read his book 'Noncommu...About Alain Connes : I read his book 'Noncommutative geometry' + arxiv articles. The most difficult and amazing book I ever read in my life. I must say, it is the only mathematics book (I have read a lot) I do not understand at fullest. He is for me THE mathematician.Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3668552132908084042010-01-20T14:16:59.504-05:002010-01-20T14:16:59.504-05:00Steven: The interdisciplanary approach is the most...Steven: The interdisciplanary approach is the most risky one because the establishment, which prefers establishing science into fields, does hence prevent us from tending to universality.<br /><br />If you deeply observe figure #1, you will see what I personnally understand as being some archaic model for the big-bang. See: one point, then explosion into a gaussian distribution (it is fuzzy, not Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-76867942104204418072010-01-20T13:32:24.482-05:002010-01-20T13:32:24.482-05:00Wow and thanks, that's a rather amazing paper,...Wow and thanks, that's a rather amazing paper, Jérôme. I sure wish a peer had your back so you could arXiv it, is that where your current efforts are headed? Can't say I understand all of it because that's not my area of expertise, but I'm impressed you're a Biochemist (like Issac Asimov the Great!), and that it makes me feel good to see Biochemists digging on Mathematical Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-91027214447995657552010-01-20T13:19:37.113-05:002010-01-20T13:19:37.113-05:00One good use of World of Warcraft, Andrew, is it k...<em> One good use of World of Warcraft, Andrew, is it keeps the Chinese busy </em><br /><br />The incredible Steven and his incredible answers... I definitely like such a conception of things.Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-11352288609937541032010-01-20T11:58:47.978-05:002010-01-20T11:58:47.978-05:00Steven: Heh, I have put one article in this databa...Steven: Heh, I have put one <a href="http://vixra.org/abs/1001.0018" rel="nofollow">article</a> in this database; I am not however convinced to be a crackpot (oh, that horrible & nasty word)<br /><br />Try to get endorsed at arXiv without having friends in the field, and you'll understand the reason why viXra must be.<br /><br />It is however true that you'll find there hilarious Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5784090901518564582010-01-20T11:38:46.780-05:002010-01-20T11:38:46.780-05:00Just to make it easier, click here to see viXra...Just to make it easier, click <a href="http://vixra.org/why" rel="nofollow">here</a> to see viXra's Mission statement. I'm not endorsing the website as I know too little about it at present, just trying to point out there are options. The fear I suppose is it will develop into crackpottery central, but at least it's democratic.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-24837606235195890742010-01-20T11:30:47.585-05:002010-01-20T11:30:47.585-05:00What about http://vixra.org/ ?
Garrett Lisi turne...What about http://vixra.org/ ?<br /><br />Garrett Lisi turned me onto that in his long last reply at this website's blarticle: "Surfing the Universe". ViXra Seems like a website that has sprung up continue the intent of Cornell's arXiv, which Cornell has apparently gotten quite tough with, for whatEVer politic bias exist with the webmasters' organization there.<br /><br />Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-63430130741965009122010-01-20T10:31:15.088-05:002010-01-20T10:31:15.088-05:00...It may however be for some other reasons I don&......It may however be for some other reasons I don't know.<br /><br />Best,Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-35647658655200974082010-01-20T10:25:20.824-05:002010-01-20T10:25:20.824-05:00Bee (about arXiv's endorsement policy): If you...Bee (about arXiv's endorsement policy): If you click the link "Which one of these authors is an endorser?" (beneath the abstract), then you will see I am right. Dr Lee Smolin is no owner of the paper mentioned here, and cannot endorse papers... Check in the entire listing of his e-prints : it is suspicious that someone like Lee Smolin, I mean someone with so many e-prints in arXiv&#Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-71404453142816577012010-01-20T06:09:17.991-05:002010-01-20T06:09:17.991-05:00Hi Bee,
Some of the virtual landscapes that have ...Hi Bee,<br /><br /><i>Some of the virtual landscapes that have been designed are simply amazing, and I love if attention has been payed to details. To me this has been the greatest attraction of these games. Unfortunately though, they are typically very violent (unless possibly SimCity), and since I'm visually very receptive it's something I prefer to avoid for the sake of my nightrest. <Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-82068359315352912312010-01-19T10:03:03.471-05:002010-01-19T10:03:03.471-05:00Hi Phil,
Some video games have undoubtedly artist...Hi Phil,<br /><br />Some video games have undoubtedly artistic value. Some of the virtual landscapes that have been designed are simply amazing, and I love if attention has been payed to details. To me this has been the greatest attraction of these games. Unfortunately though, they are typically very violent (unless possibly SimCity), and since I'm visually very receptive it's something ISabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57824794472329563862010-01-19T08:21:13.837-05:002010-01-19T08:21:13.837-05:00Thank you, Bee, and Andrew. Yup I now remember rea...Thank you, Bee, and Andrew. Yup I now remember reading that paper when you first started the discussion. I especially remember understanding only 20% of it and feeling like an ignoramus thereby. Months passed, I just read it again, and my knowledge quotient has increased such that I understand 60%! Good stuff, and take your time I say. First things first like a little conference you're Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-45956270771535459652010-01-19T07:48:06.497-05:002010-01-19T07:48:06.497-05:00Hi Andrew,
Actually there was one video game of i...Hi Andrew,<br /><br />Actually there was one video game of interest for a while, with that being Tetris, which I feel should be one of the few that might be of use in terms of conceptual learning and discovery.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />PhilPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85198703239663725922010-01-19T07:39:35.800-05:002010-01-19T07:39:35.800-05:00Bee's description is more like one of those ol...Bee's description is more like one of those old adventure games, collecting objects into an inventory and performing tasks. Most video games nowadays just involve running around and shooting people. I'm not interested in that at all, and some of them are far too violent.<br /><br />Yeah, Phil, I feel these games are just a waste of time. We've only got a limited amount of years on Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-22399152427654351782010-01-19T07:22:57.648-05:002010-01-19T07:22:57.648-05:00Hi Steven,
What I find most ungratifying about an...Hi Steven,<br /><br />What I find most ungratifying about any type of video game is actually who it has me pit myself against, which in this case is the game itself in comparison to how others might fare with actually nothing of consequence to be discovered at all. I don’t find this much fun since the root of it is to find myself somehow better or lesser than others dependant on my success, Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5902473356263138912010-01-19T02:47:55.649-05:002010-01-19T02:47:55.649-05:00Jerome: I'm not sure what you're saying? B...Jerome: I'm not sure what you're saying? Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85637301999460341462010-01-19T02:46:48.241-05:002010-01-19T02:46:48.241-05:00Denis: Depends on what you mean with "alive,&...Denis: Depends on what you mean with "alive," but in my rather limited experience I would say no. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-67319093601762913452010-01-19T02:33:20.070-05:002010-01-19T02:33:20.070-05:00Steven: Sorry, I didn't have time to read the ...Steven: Sorry, I didn't have time to read the comments yesterday. The continuation of the causal diagrams intro - not this week and my weekend is fully booked too. Maybe next week. As Andrew says, most of what I have to say is in my paper with Lee. Except the more general explanations about information loss that we assumed the readers know. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-54526405602565354862010-01-18T18:08:00.684-05:002010-01-18T18:08:00.684-05:00Being in a new environment often gives me this &qu...Being in a new environment often gives me this "video game" feeling... <br /><br />Let's hope you won't need the helicopter.<br /><br />Cheers, Stefan<br /><br>stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-49356617198680830532010-01-18T17:47:54.127-05:002010-01-18T17:47:54.127-05:00Bee : does one need to be a physicist (with or wit...Bee : does one need to be a physicist (with or without causal diagrams) in order to be alive at all ?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951117383179216558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-86505193557596260862010-01-18T16:37:32.785-05:002010-01-18T16:37:32.785-05:00About this e-print: With 111 outcomes in the arXiv...About this e-print: With 111 outcomes in the arXiv.org data base, Lee Smolin was not given the privilege to endorse e-prints !... Oh, how unlucky is this... (no thoughtful remark about arXiv's submission policy, was only small-talk I was doing here, I swear)<br /><br />Best,Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-88891761563293738402010-01-18T16:18:13.349-05:002010-01-18T16:18:13.349-05:00Steven: "The QUESTION Bee is when should we e...Steven: <em>"The QUESTION Bee is when should we expect your next installment of Causal Diagrams"</em><br /><br />It's all there in Bee & Lee's very readable and interesting <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0901.3156" rel="nofollow">paper</a>.Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-16850040684992802902010-01-18T15:36:53.219-05:002010-01-18T15:36:53.219-05:00The QUESTION Bee is when should we expect your nex...The QUESTION Bee is when should we expect your next installment of Causal Diagrams, which we all adore and think quite wonderful, and will it be the last, or the next in a series, and if so, when will THAT end?<br /><br />And yes, "traveling" is very much LIKE Death. I speak of Airports, not Flying, and by that I mean "waiting."<br /><br />I felt this way beFORE 01-9-11, you Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.com